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Nature Physics 4, 92 - 93 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nphys846

Subject Categories: Other physics | Plasma physics | Techniques and instrumentation

Compact X-ray sources: Towards a table-top free-electron laser

Kazuhisa Nakajima1

  1. Kazuhisa Nakajima is at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, 1-1 Oho, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0081, Japan.
    e-mail: nakajima@post.kek.jp


Synchrotron radiation generated using an electron beam from a laser-driven accelerator opens the possibility of building an X-ray free-electron laser hundreds of times smaller than conventional facilities currently under construction.

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