Coherent backscattering in the soft X-ray region
- 1 September 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Hindawi Limited in Laser and Particle Beams
- Vol. 8 (3) , 383-398
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0263034600008636
Abstract
Coherent X rays can be produced by Compton scattering of laser light on a relativistic electron beam, whose current is periodically modulated by the same laser radiation in a suitable miniundulator. If electron and laser photon energy are properly matched, the modulated electron beam acts as a moving diffraction grating and the X rays show a high degree of coherence. A practical implementation of this scheme is shown.Keywords
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