EAGER: IMR: Compact Source of Coherent X-Rays, Attosecond Electron Pulses, and In-Vacuum Laser Acceleration

该建议是用于产生相干X射线的方法的理论建模。相干光源具有激光器的特性，其中单个光子是“同相的”，即它们的波长都以相同的方式对齐。这意味着吸收或散射过程对每个光子都是相同的，因此数据的解释大大简化。相干光子源存在于更长的波长，但现在只是在0.1 nm尺度上开创。这个长度尺度是一个重要的尺度，因为这是材料中原子间间距的特征波长范围。0.1 nm波长辐射源的可用性可能会导致原子尺度结构研究的重大简化。

This proposal is for theoretical modeling of approaches to produce coherent X-rays. A coherent light source has the characteristics of a laser, in which the individual photons are "in phase", ie, have their wavelengths all aligned in the same way. This means that absorption or scattering processes are identical for every photon, so that the interpretation of the data is greatly simplified. Coherent sources of photons exist at longer wavelengths, but are only now being pioneered at the 0.1 nm scale. That length scale is an important one, since that is the wavelength range that is characteristic of inter-atomic spacings in materials. Availability of 0.1 nm wavelength radiation sources could lead to major simplifications in atomic scale structural studies.