Title

A Compact, Bright And Tunable Cw Source Of Soft X-Rays

Authors

Authors

I. Kimel;L. R. Elias

Comments

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. Sect. A-Accel. Spectrom. Dect. Assoc. Equip.

Keywords

Instruments & Instrumentation; Nuclear Science & Technology; Physics, ; Particles & Fields; Spectroscopy

Abstract

A bright, CW, tunable source of soft X-rays is proposed. The X-rays are obtained from the Compton backscattering of intense infrared laser radiation from a high quality electron beam. The incident infrared radiation is the intracavity beam in a high power Nd:YLF laser. This radiation is scatted from an relativistic electron beam generated by electrostatic accelerators. Such an X-ray source would constitute a low cost compact alternative to the more traditional synchrotron rings. Narrow bandwidth X-ray radiation can be obtained with the use of proper aperturing without the necessity of monochromators. Analytic expressions of the frequency spectrum of the radiation through a certain aperture, are given. These expressions are valid for small undulator parameter and large number of periods.

Journal Title

Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research Section a-Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volume

358

Issue/Number

1-3

Publication Date

1-1-1995

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Language

English

First Page

20

Last Page

23

WOS Identifier

WOS:A1995QR44300008

ISSN

0168-9002

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