DocumentCode
2885298
Title
Transition radiation in multilayer nanostructures as a medical source of hard-X-ray radiation
Author
Pokrovsky, A.L. ; Kaplan, A.E. ; Shkolnikov, P.L.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, MD
fYear
2006
fDate
21-26 May 2006
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We show that periodic nanostructure made of alternating layers of Ag and Mo can serve as an efficient source of hard X-ray transition radiation for medical applications, which uses low energy electrons.
Keywords
X-ray apparatus; biomedical equipment; diagnostic radiography; molybdenum; multilayers; nanostructured materials; nanotechnology; periodic structures; silver; Ag-Mo; X-ray contrast diagnostics; hard X-ray transition radiation; hard-X-ray radiation; low-energy electrons; medical source; multilayer nanostructures; periodic nanostructure; Atomic layer deposition; Atomic measurements; Biomedical equipment; Electromagnetic wave absorption; Electron accelerators; Medical services; Nanostructures; Nonhomogeneous media; Resonance; X-ray lasers; (140.7240) UV, XUV, and X-ray lasers; (340.7480) X-rays;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
Conference_Location
Long Beach, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-813-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629077
Filename
4629077
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