The use of x rays has moved in the forefront of science and technology in the second half of the 20th century. This progress has been greatly stimulated by the advent of synchrotron x-ray sources in the 1960s. The undulator-based synchrotron radiation sources which have appeared in the last decade of the 20th century gave a new impetus to such development.
The brilliance of the x-ray sources has increased by 12 orders of magnitude in 40 years and this trend does not show any signs of stagnation. The future x-ray sources of the 21th century based on free-electron lasers driven by linear accelerators will provide sub-picosecond radiation pulses with by many orders of magnitude higher brilliance and full transverse coherence. The x-ray sources of the newest generation offer a possibility to realize more than ever before the great potential of x-ray optics and, as a consequence, to elaborate new sophisticated instrumentation with unprecedented resolution and eventually to move in new directions of research in x-ray technology, materials science, fundamental physics, life sciences, etc.
| ISBN: | 9783540214847 |
| Publication date: | 25th June 2004 |
| Author: | Yuri Shvydko |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 404 pages |
| Series: | Springer Series in Optical Sciences |
| Genres: |
Laser physics Engineering: general Scientific standards, measurement etc |
The use of x rays has moved in the forefront of science and technology in the second half of the 20th century. This progress has been greatly stimulated by the advent of synchrotron x-ray sources in the 1960s.
X-Ray Optics features in the following genres: Laser physics, Engineering: general, Scientific standards, measurement etc
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X-Ray Optics was written by Yuri Shvydko and published by Springer an imprint of Springer Berlin Heidelberg
X-Ray Optics has 404 pages
Yes it is part of Springer Series in Optical Sciences series