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Advances in Optical Sciences Congress

X-ray View of Dressed Atoms

T. E. Glover, M. P. Hertlein, Stephen H. Southworth, Thomas K. Allison, Jeroen van Tilborg, E. P. Kanter, B. Krässig, Hari R. Varma, Bruce S. Rude, Robin Santra, A. Belkacem, Linda Young

Published Jan 1, 2009• 0 citations
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Abstract

We report, to our knowledge, the first dressed absorption spectrum at an x-ray probe wavelength. An ultrafast optical pulse induces transparency for x-rays, demonstrating a promising route to femtosecond x-ray pulse shaping and measurement.
DOI
10.1364/nlo.2009.pdpa4

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