Title Channeling and radiation in periodically bent crystals / Andrey V. Korol, Andrey V. Solov'yov, Walter Greiner

Published Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2013

Click on the following:
Springer eBooks

Copies

Description 1 online resource Series Springer series on atomic, optical, and plasma physics, 1615-5653 ; 69 Springer series on atomic, optical, and plasma physics ; 69. Contents Related Phenomena -- Schemes for Periodic Bending of Crystals -- Feasibility of a Positron-Based Crystalline Undulator -- Positron-Based CU: Illustrative Material -- CUs for Electrons and Heavy Particles -- Experimental Studies of CUR -- Stimulated Emission from CU -- Conclusion Summary The development of coherent radiation sources for sub-angstrom wavelengths - i.e. in the hard X-ray and gamma-ray range - is a challenging goal of modern physics. The availability of such sources will have many applications in basic science, technology and medicine, and, in particular, they may have a revolutionary impact on nuclear and solid state physics, as well as on the life sciences. The present state-of-the-art lasers are capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation from the infrared to the ultraviolet, while free electron lasers (X-FELs) are now entering the soft X-ray region. Moving further, i.e. into the hard X and/or gamma ray band, however, is not possible without new approaches and technologies. In this book we introduce and discuss one such novel approach: the focus is on the radiation formed in a Crystalline Undulator, where electromagnetic radiation is generated by a bunch of ultra-relativistic particles channeling through a periodically bent crystalline structure. It is shown that under certain conditions, such a device emits intensive spontaneous monochromatic radiation and may even reach the coherence of laser light sources. Readers will be presented with the underlying fundamental physics and be familiarized with the theoretical, experimental and technological advances made during the last one and a half decades in exploring the various features of investigations into crystalline undulators. This research draws upon knowledge from many research fields - such as materials science, beam physics, the physics of radiation, solid state physics and acoustics, to name but a few. Accordingly, much care has been taken by the authors to make the book as self-contained as possible in this respect, so as to also provide a useful introduction to this emerging field to a broad readership of researchers and scientist with various backgrounds Analysis Physics Particle acceleration Crystallography Laser Technology, Photonics Particle Acceleration and Detection, Beam Physics Optics and Electrodynamics Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Electromagnetic waves. Crystallography. Channeling (Physics) electromagnetic radiation. SCIENCE -- Physics -- Electromagnetism. SCIENCE -- Radiation. Physique. Astronomie. Channeling (Physics) Crystallography Electromagnetic waves Form Electronic book Author Solov'yov, Andrey V Greiner, Walter, 1935-2016. ISBN 9783642318955 3642318959

  Permalink