Challenges
Datasets
Workspaces
Papers
Discussions
Leaderboard
Log inSign up
Challenges
Datasets
Workspaces
Papers
Discussions
Leaderboard
Blog
Job Board
Q3AS

© 2026 Aqora Quantum S.A.S.

TermsPrivacyLegal Notice

Physical Review A

Compression of γ -ray photons into ultrashort pulses

Elena Kuznetsova, Roman L. Kolesov, Olga A. Kocharovskaya

Published Oct 27, 2003• 7 citations
Publisher

Abstract

We propose a technique of ultra-short $\ensuremath{\gamma}$-ray pulses production with a pulse duration much less than the natural lifetime of a nucleus excited state. The technique is based on compression of frequency modulated radiation of a Mossbauer source while propagating in a far-detuned resonant absorber. Numerical estimates for ${}^{57}\mathrm{Fe}$ 14.413 keV nuclear resonance energy show feasibility of experimental realization of the technique

DOI
10.1103/physreva.68.043825

Related papers

Digitization of 93.3-keV Recoilless γ-radiation

Yevgeny V. Radeonychev, I. R. Khairulin

We propose a technique for transforming the intensity of quasi-monochromatic recoilless radiation with a photon energy of 93.3 keV, emitted by radioactive Mössbauer sources 67Ga or 67Cu, into a sequence of short pulses with individually and independently controlled, on demand, the moments of appearance of pulses, as well as the peak intensity, duration and shape of each pulse. The technique is based on the transmission of recoilless (Mössbauer) 93.3-keV photons from the source through a medium containing resonantly absorbing 67Zn nuclei. The pulses are formed due to the rapid reciprocating movement of the source relative to the absorber at specified moments in time along the direction of photon propagation at a distance not exceeding half the radiation wavelength. The produced sequences of $$\gamma $$ -ray pulses are similar to the digitization of information carried by electromagnetic waves. They can also be used to develop Mösbauer spectroscopy of the atomic and subatomic structures, as well as open novel opportunities for $$\gamma $$ -ray quantum optics.

arXiv:2411.05530•Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Letters•Dec 28, 2024•0 citations

γ -ray-pulse formation in a vibrating recoilless resonant absorber

V. A. Antonov, Yevgeny V. Radeonychev, Olga A. Kocharovskaya

We study propagation of $\ensuremath{\gamma}$ radiation from a M\"ossbauer radioactive source through a vibrating recoilless resonant absorber and find the optimal conditions to produce a periodic train of $\ensuremath{\gamma}$-ray pulses with maximum peak intensity, several times higher than the intensity from the source, and minimum duration, much shorter than the lifetime of the emitting nuclear state of the source. The shape, duration, and repetition rate of the pulses are tunable in a wide range. We propose modifications of the recently reported experiment [F. Vagizov et al., Nature (London) 508, 80 (2014)] to produce pulses with higher peak intensity and shorter duration using absorbers enriched by the resonant nuclei and discuss possible applications of the generated pulses for the time-domain M\"ossbauer spectroscopy.

Physical Review A•Aug 21, 2015•11 citations

Compression of the Synchrotron Mössbauer X-ray Photon Waveform in an Oscillating Resonant Absorber

I. R. Khairulin, Yevgeny V. Radeonychev, Olga A. Kocharovskaya

A technique to transform the waveform of a 14.4 keV photon (time dependence of the photon detection probability or, equivalently, the intensity of the single-photon wave packet) into a regular sequence of short, nearly bandwidth-limited pulses with a controlled number of pulses is proposed. It is based on coherent forward scattering of single X-ray photons from a synchrotron Mössbauer source (SMS) in an optically thick, vibrating, recoilless 57Fe resonant absorber. The possibility of compressing the waveform of an SMS photon into a single short bell-shaped pulse is predicted. The experiment is proposed for compressing a 100 ns duration 14.4 keV single-photon wave packet produced by SMS at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) into a single bell-shaped pulse of less than 20 ns duration and more than twice the peak intensity. Such single-photon coherent pulses are promising for applications in the fast-developing field of X-ray quantum optics, including possible implementation of quantum memory.

Photonics•Nov 4, 2022•2 citations

On-demand acoustic shaping of Mossbauer gamma-ray photons

I. R. Khairulin, Yevgeny V. Radeonychev

We propose a technique that makes it possible to transform the intensity of a quasi-monochromatic single-photon wave packet, emitted by a radioactive Mössbauer gamma-ray source, into a sequence of short bursts with an arbitrary number of bursts, including a single burst. In addition, the technique allows one to individually and independently control, on demand, the moments of the burst appearance, as well as the peak intensity, duration and shape of each burst in the sequence. The technique is based on the transmission of Mössbauer (recoilless) photons through a resonantly absorbing medium, which is rapidly displaced at some moments of time relative to the source (or vice versa) along the photon propagation direction at a distance less than the photon wavelength, and returned to its original position. The burst durations can be comparable to the duration of the single-photon pulses produced by synchrotrons but have the controlled spectral-temporal characteristics. We show that the proposed technique can be implemented on the basis of currently available equipment with use of 14.4-keV recoilless photons, emitted by Co-57 source, and Fe-57 absorber, which opens up prospects for its applications in Mössbauer spectroscopy and x-ray quantum optics.

arXiv:2410.16157•Oct 21, 2024•1 citation

Generation of Short Hard-X-Ray Pulses of Tailored Duration Using a Mössbauer Source

Wang, G., Liao, W.

We theoretically investigate a scheme for the generation of single hard-x-ray pulses of controllable duration in the range of 1–100 ns from a radioactive Mössbauer source. The scheme uses a magnetically perturbed 57FeBO3 crystal illuminated with recoilless 14.4-keV photons from a 57Co radioisotope nuclide. Such a compact x-ray source is useful for the extension of quantum optics to the 10-keV energy scale, which has been in the spotlight in recent years. So far, experimental achievements have mostly been attained in synchrotron radiation facilities. However, the use of tabletop and portable hard-x-ray sources for time-resolved measurements and for implementing coherent control over nuclear quantum-optics systems has still been limited. The availability of compact hard-x-ray sources may become the engine for the application of quantum-information schemes down to the subatomic scale. We demonstrate that the present method is versatile and provides an economic solution, utilizing a Mössbauer source, to perform time-resolved nuclear scattering, to produce suitable pulses for photon storage, and to flexibly generate x-ray single-photon entanglement.

•Jul 6, 2018•10 citations

On-demand acoustic shaping of Mössbauer γ-ray photons

I. R. Khairulin, Yevgeny V. Radeonychev

We propose a technique that makes it possible to transform the intensity of a quasimonochromatic single-photon wave packet, emitted by a radioactive M\"ossbauer \ensuremath{\gamma}-ray source, into a sequence of short bursts with an arbitrary number of bursts, including a single burst. In addition, the technique allows one to individually and independently control, on demand, the moments of the burst appearance, as well as the peak intensity, duration, and shape of each burst in the sequence. The technique is based on the transmission of M\"ossbauer (recoilless) photons through a resonantly absorbing medium, which is rapidly displaced at some moments of time relative to the source (or vice versa) along the photon propagation direction at a distance less than the photon wavelength, and returned to its original position. The burst duration can be comparable to the duration of the single-photon pulses that are produced by synchrotrons but have the controlled spectral-temporal characteristics. We show that the proposed technique can be implemented on the basis of currently available equipment with the use of 14.4-keV recoilless photons, emitted by a $^{57}\mathrm{Co}$ source and a $^{57}\mathrm{Fe}$ absorber, which opens up prospects for its applications in M\"ossbauer spectroscopy and x-ray quantum optics.

Physical Review A•Feb 25, 2025•1 citation
We propose a technique of ultra-short \ensuremathγ\ensuremath{\gamma}\ensuremathγ-ray pulses production with a pulse duration much less than the natural lifetime of a nucleus excited state. The technique is based on compression of frequency modulated radiation of a Mossbauer source while propagating in a far-detuned resonant absorber. Numerical estimates for 57Fe{}^{57}\mathrm{Fe}57Fe 14.413 keV nuclear resonance energy show feasibility of experimental realization of the technique
We propose a technique for transforming the intensity of quasi-monochromatic recoilless radiation with a photon energy of 93.3 keV, emitted by radioactive Mössbauer sources 67Ga or 67Cu, into a sequence of short pulses with individually and independently controlled, on demand, the moments of appearance of pulses, as well as the peak intensity, duration and shape of each pulse. The technique is based on the transmission of recoilless (Mössbauer) 93.3-keV photons from the source through a medium containing resonantly absorbing 67Zn nuclei. The pulses are formed due to the rapid reciprocating movement of the source relative to the absorber at specified moments in time along the direction of photon propagation at a distance not exceeding half the radiation wavelength. The produced sequences of γ\gamma γ -ray pulses are similar to the digitization of information carried by electromagnetic waves. They can also be used to develop Mösbauer spectroscopy of the atomic and subatomic structures, as well as open novel opportunities for γ\gamma γ -ray quantum optics.
We study propagation of $\ensuremath{\gamma}$ radiation from a M\"ossbauer radioactive source through a vibrating recoilless resonant absorber and find the optimal conditions to produce a periodic train of $\ensuremath{\gamma}$-ray pulses with maximum peak intensity, several times higher than the intensity from the source, and minimum duration, much shorter than the lifetime of the emitting nuclear state of the source. The shape, duration, and repetition rate of the pulses are tunable in a wide range. We propose modifications of the recently reported experiment [F. Vagizov et al., Nature (London) 508, 80 (2014)] to produce pulses with higher peak intensity and shorter duration using absorbers enriched by the resonant nuclei and discuss possible applications of the generated pulses for the time-domain M\"ossbauer spectroscopy.
A technique to transform the waveform of a 14.4 keV photon (time dependence of the photon detection probability or, equivalently, the intensity of the single-photon wave packet) into a regular sequence of short, nearly bandwidth-limited pulses with a controlled number of pulses is proposed. It is based on coherent forward scattering of single X-ray photons from a synchrotron Mössbauer source (SMS) in an optically thick, vibrating, recoilless 57Fe resonant absorber. The possibility of compressing the waveform of an SMS photon into a single short bell-shaped pulse is predicted. The experiment is proposed for compressing a 100 ns duration 14.4 keV single-photon wave packet produced by SMS at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) into a single bell-shaped pulse of less than 20 ns duration and more than twice the peak intensity. Such single-photon coherent pulses are promising for applications in the fast-developing field of X-ray quantum optics, including possible implementation of quantum memory.
We propose a technique that makes it possible to transform the intensity of a quasi-monochromatic single-photon wave packet, emitted by a radioactive Mössbauer gamma-ray source, into a sequence of short bursts with an arbitrary number of bursts, including a single burst. In addition, the technique allows one to individually and independently control, on demand, the moments of the burst appearance, as well as the peak intensity, duration and shape of each burst in the sequence. The technique is based on the transmission of Mössbauer (recoilless) photons through a resonantly absorbing medium, which is rapidly displaced at some moments of time relative to the source (or vice versa) along the photon propagation direction at a distance less than the photon wavelength, and returned to its original position. The burst durations can be comparable to the duration of the single-photon pulses produced by synchrotrons but have the controlled spectral-temporal characteristics. We show that the proposed technique can be implemented on the basis of currently available equipment with use of 14.4-keV recoilless photons, emitted by Co-57 source, and Fe-57 absorber, which opens up prospects for its applications in Mössbauer spectroscopy and x-ray quantum optics.
We theoretically investigate a scheme for the generation of single hard-x-ray pulses of controllable duration in the range of 1–100 ns from a radioactive Mössbauer source. The scheme uses a magnetically perturbed 57FeBO3 crystal illuminated with recoilless 14.4-keV photons from a 57Co radioisotope nuclide. Such a compact x-ray source is useful for the extension of quantum optics to the 10-keV energy scale, which has been in the spotlight in recent years. So far, experimental achievements have mostly been attained in synchrotron radiation facilities. However, the use of tabletop and portable hard-x-ray sources for time-resolved measurements and for implementing coherent control over nuclear quantum-optics systems has still been limited. The availability of compact hard-x-ray sources may become the engine for the application of quantum-information schemes down to the subatomic scale. We demonstrate that the present method is versatile and provides an economic solution, utilizing a Mössbauer source, to perform time-resolved nuclear scattering, to produce suitable pulses for photon storage, and to flexibly generate x-ray single-photon entanglement.
We propose a technique that makes it possible to transform the intensity of a quasimonochromatic single-photon wave packet, emitted by a radioactive M\"ossbauer \ensuremath{\gamma}-ray source, into a sequence of short bursts with an arbitrary number of bursts, including a single burst. In addition, the technique allows one to individually and independently control, on demand, the moments of the burst appearance, as well as the peak intensity, duration, and shape of each burst in the sequence. The technique is based on the transmission of M\"ossbauer (recoilless) photons through a resonantly absorbing medium, which is rapidly displaced at some moments of time relative to the source (or vice versa) along the photon propagation direction at a distance less than the photon wavelength, and returned to its original position. The burst duration can be comparable to the duration of the single-photon pulses that are produced by synchrotrons but have the controlled spectral-temporal characteristics. We show that the proposed technique can be implemented on the basis of currently available equipment with the use of 14.4-keV recoilless photons, emitted by a 57Co^{57}\mathrm{Co}57Co source and a 57Fe^{57}\mathrm{Fe}57Fe absorber, which opens up prospects for its applications in M\"ossbauer spectroscopy and x-ray quantum optics.