Source of coherent kiloelectronvolt X-rays

J. Seres, E. Seres, A. J. Verhoef, G. Tempea, C. Streli, P. Wobrauschek, V. Yakovlev, A. Scrinzi, C. Spielmann and F. Krausz ()
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J. Seres: Institut für Photonik, Technische Universität Wien
E. Seres: Institut für Photonik, Technische Universität Wien
A. J. Verhoef: Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
G. Tempea: Femtolasers Produktions GmbH
C. Streli: Atominstitut der Österreichischen Universtitäten, Technische Universität Wien
P. Wobrauschek: Atominstitut der Österreichischen Universtitäten, Technische Universität Wien
V. Yakovlev: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
A. Scrinzi: Institut für Photonik, Technische Universität Wien
C. Spielmann: Physikalisches Institut EP1, Universität Würzburg
F. Krausz: Institut für Photonik, Technische Universität Wien

Nature, 2005, vol. 433, issue 7026, 596-596

Abstract: Hard news on X-ray lasers X-ray lasers do exist — table-top ones even — but they generally produce ‘soft’ X-rays with wavelengths of 5–120 nanometres, a little longer than those used in medical X rays, and energies of only a few hundred electronvolts. New applications in chemical, biological and materials research beckon for lab X-ray lasers producing ‘harder’ X rays with higher energy. An advance towards that goal is reported this week. The new table-top device emits X-rays at a wavelength of about 1 nm and at photon energies of up to 1.3 keV, with the prospect of increasing to 2.5 keV. A practical source with that performance would operate on timescales relevant to a range of investigations of electronic dynamics in atoms, molecules and solids at near-atomic-scale resolution.

Date: 2005
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