Transition radiation in metal-metal multilayer nanostructures as a medical source of hard x-ray radiation

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Pokrovsky, A L ^a   Kaplan, A E ^a   Shkolnikov, P L ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b Stony Brook University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY FILTERING; MULTILAYER NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTIMAL SPACERS; X-RAY RADIATION;

ELECTRONS; MULTILAYERS; PHOTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; X RAYS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33748318136     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2335974     Document Type: Article

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