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A new way to make X‑rays

by RLE at MIT | Nov 23, 2015 | News Links

By using plasmons to “wiggle” a free electron in a sheet of graphene, researchers have developed a new method for generating X-rays. In this image of one of their simulations, the color and height represent the intensity of radiation (with blue the lowest intensity and red the highest), at a moment in time just after an electron (grey sphere) moving close to the surface generates a pulse. Courtesy of the researchers

MIT researchers have found a phenomenon that might lead to more compact, tunable X‑ray devices made of graphene. « more »

Related Links:

A new way to make X‑rays (MIT News)

Towards graphene plasmon-based free-electron infrared to X‑ray sources (Nature Photonics)

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