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Observation and theory of X-ray mirages

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  • Sergey Magnitskiy

    (Faculty of Physics and International Laser Center of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University)

  • Nikolay Nagorskiy

    (Faculty of Physics and International Laser Center of M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University)

  • Anatoly Faenov

    (Joint Institute for High Temperature, Russian Academy of Science
    Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

  • Tatiana Pikuz

    (Joint Institute for High Temperature, Russian Academy of Science
    Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

  • Mamoko Tanaka

    (Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

  • Masahiko Ishino

    (Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

  • Masaharu Nishikino

    (Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

  • Yuji Fukuda

    (Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

  • Masaki Kando

    (Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

  • Tetsuya Kawachi

    (Quantum Beam Science Directorate, Japan Atomic Energy Agency)

  • Yoshiaki Kato

    (The Graduate School for the Creation of New Photonics Industries)

Abstract

The advent of X-ray lasers allowed the realization of compact coherent soft X-ray sources, thus opening the way to a wide range of applications. Here we report the observation of unexpected concentric rings in the far-field beam profile at the output of a two-stage plasma-based X-ray laser, which can be considered as the first manifestation of a mirage phenomenon in X-rays. We have developed a method of solving the Maxwell–Bloch equations for this problem, and find that the experimentally observed phenomenon is due to the emergence of X-ray mirages in the plasma amplifier, appearing as phase-matched coherent virtual point sources. The obtained results bring a new insight into the physical nature of amplification of X-ray radiation in laser-induced plasma amplifiers and open additional opportunities for X-ray plasma diagnostics and extreme ultraviolet lithography.

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  • Sergey Magnitskiy & Nikolay Nagorskiy & Anatoly Faenov & Tatiana Pikuz & Mamoko Tanaka & Masahiko Ishino & Masaharu Nishikino & Yuji Fukuda & Masaki Kando & Tetsuya Kawachi & Yoshiaki Kato, 2013. "Observation and theory of X-ray mirages," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 4(1), pages 1-7, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:4:y:2013:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms2923
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2923
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