Phase-space description of synchrotron radiation optics (invited) (abstract)
- Center for Beam Physics, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720 (United States)
A study of the optics of synchrotron radiation in a fundamental level is important in view of the recent progress in synchrotron radiation research utilizing high brightness radiation from insertion devices, especially undulators, in low emittance storage rings. Important problems in synchrotron radiation optics are; How the strength of the various synchrotron radiation sources can be characterized in a manner independent from the optical transport system. How do the coherence properties of the synchrotron radiation differ from other sources such as lasers How does radiation propagate through optical elements What is the role of electron beam emittance in these respects, etc. In this paper we review a theoretical formalism which can be a basis of a systematic study of synchrotron radiation optics. The approach, which will be called The Phase Space Method of Synchrotron Radiation Optics,'' starts from the Wigner distribution of electric fields and is a generalization of the phase space method of geometric optics to physical optics.
- OSTI ID:
- 6565552
- Journal Information:
- Review of Scientific Instruments; (United States), Vol. 66:2; ISSN 0034-6748
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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