Quantum recoil in free electron-driven spontaneous emission from van der Waals crystals

• Main Authors: Huang, Sunchao, Duan, Ruihuan, Pramanik, Nikhil, Herrin, Jason Scott, Boothroyd, Chris, Liu, Zheng, Wong, Liang Jie
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science and Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Engineering::Materials; Spontaneous Emission; Free Electron Lasers
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/165543
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

We experimentally measure quantum recoil in Smith-Purcell radiation, achieved by scattering free electrons off the periodic lattice of van der Waals crystals to generate multimode coherent X-rays