TY - JOUR
T1 - Free-electron-driven X-ray caustics from strained van der Waals materials
AU - Shi, Xihang
AU - Shentcis, Michael
AU - Kurman, Yaniv
AU - Wong, Liang Jie
AU - de Abajo, F. Javier García
AU - Kaminer, Ido
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Optica Open Access Publishing Agreement.
PY - 2023/2
Y1 - 2023/2
N2 - Tunable control of X-ray waves remains an open challenge of critical importance for applications in high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy, medical imaging, and radiation therapy. Unlike in the X-ray regime, control over light waves in the visible and IR regimes is ubiquitous in a vast range of applications, and typically relies on widely available optical components. However, analogous optical elements for X-rays are usually inefficient and challenging to fabricate. Here, we propose a method for shaping X-ray waves directly at the source, using the interaction of free electrons with crystalline materials. Specifically, by inducing strain on van der Waals materials, we control their interaction with free electrons in a manner that tunes the emissions of the X-rays and forms caustic X-ray beams. The development of wave-shaping concepts like caustics generation in the X-ray spectral range could benefit from achievements in this field in the optical range and may help bypass the noted limits of current X-ray optics technology. Looking forward, shaping the interference of X-rays at the atomic scale could enable further developments in high-resolution X-ray science.
AB - Tunable control of X-ray waves remains an open challenge of critical importance for applications in high-resolution X-ray spectroscopy, medical imaging, and radiation therapy. Unlike in the X-ray regime, control over light waves in the visible and IR regimes is ubiquitous in a vast range of applications, and typically relies on widely available optical components. However, analogous optical elements for X-rays are usually inefficient and challenging to fabricate. Here, we propose a method for shaping X-ray waves directly at the source, using the interaction of free electrons with crystalline materials. Specifically, by inducing strain on van der Waals materials, we control their interaction with free electrons in a manner that tunes the emissions of the X-rays and forms caustic X-ray beams. The development of wave-shaping concepts like caustics generation in the X-ray spectral range could benefit from achievements in this field in the optical range and may help bypass the noted limits of current X-ray optics technology. Looking forward, shaping the interference of X-rays at the atomic scale could enable further developments in high-resolution X-ray science.
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U2 - https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.472462
DO - https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.472462
M3 - مقالة
SN - 2334-2536
VL - 10
SP - 292
EP - 301
JO - Optica
JF - Optica
IS - 2
ER -