Soft x-ray generation by the Cherenkov effect
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The Cherenkov effect may be used to generate coherent soft x rays by taking advantage of the dielectric constants of materials in the neighborhood of atomic resonances. The Cherenkov effect usually is not possible for x rays because the refractive index is less than one for most x-ray frequencies. However, for narrow frequency bands near atomic resonances, the refractive index can exceed unity with values large enough to generate coherent x rays with efficiencies higher than any other electron-…
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Date:
February 25, 1987
Creator:
Moran, M. J. & Chang, B.
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