Accession Number:

AD1058597

Title:

Photon Energy Limits of Bright High Harmonic X-Ray Generation

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Final Report]

Corporate Author:

University of Colorado - Boulder

Personal Author(s):

• Murnane, Margaret
• Kapteyn, Henry

Report Date:

2017-02-16

Pagination or Media Count:

13

Abstract:

The goal of this research effort is to explore the fundamental quantum physics and phase matching limits of high harmonic generation HHG in the multi-keV spectral region. The understanding developed as a result of this work will make it possible to identify the best path forward for future experiments in generating bright coherent hard X-ray beams in the 10 keV range and greater using a tabletop-scale apparatus. This capability promises revolutionary advances in remote sensing through use of well-directed, penetrating hard X-ray radiation with extremely low beam divergence, and also in dynamic imaging of function in thick samples at the spatio-temporal resolution extreme for current and next-generation nanotechnology and medical imaging.

Descriptors:

• refractive index
• x rays
• ionization
• department of defense
• electrons
• hard x rays
• soft x rays
• engineering
• lorentz force
• mathematics
• ultraviolet lasers
• wave functions
• dispersions
• free electrons
• physics
• quantum theory
• refraction
• electromagnetic fields
• electron density
• group velocity

Subject Categories:

• Electrical and Electronic Equipment
• Lasers and Masers
• Nuclear Physics and Elementary Particle Physics

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]