Transition radiation of fast electrons as a broadband vacuum-ultraviolet radiation source

Abstract

Abstract-The characteristics of a possible radiation source in the vacuum-ultraviolet and soft X-ray range based on the transition radiation of electrons with an energy of about 100 keV are calculated. The possibilities of enhancing the radiation yield in the geometry of the glancing interaction of electrons with a target are ana lyzed. The possibility of creating a source with a yield on the order of 1(U5 photon/(eV sr) per electron is dem onstrated.