We investigate, both analytically and numerically, the influence of the
dechannelling
process on the parameters of undulator radiation generated by
ultra-relativistic positron channelling along a crystal plane, which is
periodically bent. The bending might be due either to the propagation of a
transverse acoustic wave through the crystal, or due to the static strain
as it occurs in superlattices. In either case the periodically bent crystal
serves as an undulator which allows the generation of x-ray and
γ-radiation.
We propose a scheme for the accurate quantitative treatment of the
radiation in the presence of dechannelling. The scheme includes: (a) the
analytic expression for the spectral-angular distribution which contains,
as a parameter, the dechannelling length; (b) the simulation procedure of
the dechannelling process of a positron in periodically bent crystals. Using
these we calculate the dechannelling lengths of 5 GeV positrons
channelling in Si, Ge and W crystals, and the spectral-angular and
spectral distributions of the undulator over broad ranges of the photons.
The calculations are performed for various parameters of channel bending.