Springer Series in Optical Sciences: Soft X-Ray Lasers and High-Order Harmonic Generation

Jaeglé, Pierre

Extreme ultraviolet radiation, also referred to as soft X-rays or XUV, offers very special optical properties. The X-UV refractive index of matter is such that normal reflection cannot take place on polished surfaces whereas beam transmission through one micrometer of almost all materials reduces to zero. Therefore, it has long been a difficult task to imagine and to implement devices designed for complex optics experiments in this wavelength range. Thanks to new sources of coherent radiation - XUV-lasers and High Order Harmonics - the use of XUV radiation, for interferometry, holography, diffractive optics, non-linear radiation-matter interaction, time-resolved study of fast and ultrafast phenomena and many other applications, including medical sciences, is ubiquitous.

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Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2005-12-06

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780387230078

DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-29990-7

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 416