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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Optical control of X-ray emission

Elina Sendonaris, Jamison Sloan, Nicholas Rivera, Marin Soljacic A

Published Jan 1, 2021• 0 citations
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Abstract

We theoretically show that photonic structures can be used to control the X-ray spectrum generated through spontaneous parametric down-conversion. As an example, we show how 1D and 3D photonic crystals can enable enhanced X-ray emission.
DOI
10.1364/cleo_qels.2021.fw4h.4

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