• DocumentCode
    1665911
  • Title

    Key laser technologies for next generation x-ray sources

  • Author

    Kärtner, Franz X.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Advances in femtosecond lasers and ultrafast optical techniques may lead to the construction of fully coherent soft and hard x-ray sources with unprecedented coherence, peak brightness and temporal control. Key laser technologies enabling this progress are reviewed.
  • Keywords
    X-ray lasers; X-ray optics; free electron lasers; high-speed optical techniques; FELs; femtosecond lasers; hard x-ray soruce; laser technologies; next generation x-ray sources; peak brightness control; soft x-ray sources; temporal control; ultrafast optical techniques; Free electron lasers; Laser theory; Nonlinear optics; Optical pulses; Timing; Ultrafast optics; X-ray lasers;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326110