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X-Ray Lasers and X-Ray Optics - NOOE130
Title: Rentgenové lasery a rentgenová optika
Guaranteed by: Department of Chemical Physics and Optics (32-KCHFO)
Faculty: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
Actual: from 2020
Semester: summer
E-Credits: 3
Hours per week, examination: summer s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
Capacity: unlimited
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Guarantor: Mgr. Jaromír Chalupský
Annotation -
Last update: G_F (28.05.2011)
The main goal of this course is to make students acquainted with X-ray lasers and their optics. During the last decade, the X-ray lasers passed through an extensive development. Due to their unique properties (extremely short wavelengths < 30 nm; ultra-high peak intensitites), the X-ray lasers represent important scientific tools in various fields of research, e.g. material research, warm dense matter, biophysics, and diffraction imaging. Principles of X-ray lasers, X-ray optics, and applications are the main subjects of this course.
Aim of the course -
Last update: G_F (28.05.2011)

The main goal of this course is to make students acquainted with X-ray lasers and their optics.

Course completion requirements -
Last update: Mgr. Jaromír Chalupský (07.06.2019)

Oral exam

Literature -
Last update: G_F (28.05.2011)

D. Attwood: Soft X-Rays and Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation: Principles and Applications, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1999.

P. Jaeglé: Coherent Sources of XUV Radiation: Soft X-Ray Lasers and High-Order Harmonic Generation, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York 2006.

E. L. Saldin, E. A. Schneidmiller, M. V. Yurkov: The Physics of Free Electron Lasers, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York 2000.

E. Spiller: Soft X-Ray Optics, SPIE Press, Bellingham 1994.

A. Michette: Optical Systems for Soft X-Rays, Plenum Press, NY-London 1986.

Teaching methods -
Last update: G_F (28.05.2011)

Lecture

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: Mgr. Jaromír Chalupský (07.06.2019)

The oral exam consists of two parts. The first part is devoted to derivations of fundamental physical formulas related to X-ray sources and optics. The second part is dedicated to a general discussion about a selected topic. The exam takes approximately 60 minutes including 30 minutes for preparation.

Syllabus -
Last update: G_F (28.05.2011)

1) X-ray domain in the spectrum of electromagnetic radiation. Coherent and incoherent X-ray sources. Free-electron lasers. Plasma-based lasers (laser and discharge plasma as an active medium). High-order harmonics generation. Existing X-ray sources: technical details and parameters.

2) X-ray laser beams and their propagation. Handling the X-ray laser beams: X-ray mirrors, beam splitters, monochromators, and other optical elements. Numerical laser beam propagation. Wave-front curvature and focusing performance. Wave-front in the Zernike basis. Gaussian and non-Gaussian beams. Maréchal condition and Strehl ratio. Methods of X-ray laser beam characterization: Hartmann sensor, luminescence screens, ablation imprints, and others.

3) X-ray laser-matter interaction: photoelectric effect and Compton scattering. Absorption, reflection, and scattering of X-ray radiation. X-ray detectors and radiation dosimetry. Measurement of temporal, spectral, and coherence properties of X-ray pulses and beams. Applications of intense X-ray radiation in diffraction imaging, science, and technology.

 
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