A free-electron laboratory coherent X-ray source

Facilities generating coherent X-rays tend to be large scale and costly. Now researchers have demonstrated a parametric and coherent laboratory-scale X-ray source by passing moderately energetic electrons through van der Waals heterostructures.

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Published in:Nature photonics 2020-11, Vol.14 (11), p.655-656
Main Author: Uschmann, Ingo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Coherence
Electrons
Free electrons
Heterostructures
Laboratories
X ray sources
X-rays
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Summary:Facilities generating coherent X-rays tend to be large scale and costly. Now researchers have demonstrated a parametric and coherent laboratory-scale X-ray source by passing moderately energetic electrons through van der Waals heterostructures.
ISSN:1749-4885
1749-4893
DOI:10.1038/s41566-020-00710-w