Laser-based particle acceleration offers a way to reduce the size of hard-X-ray sources. Scientists have now developed a simple scheme that produces a bright flash of hard X-rays by using a single laser pulse both to generate and to scatter an electron beam.
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Mangles, S. X-rays from self-reflection. Nature Photon 6, 280–281 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2012.86
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