Generation of Medical X-ray and Terahertz Beams of Radiation Using Table-Top Accelerators

Theoretical and experimental studies of PXR and diffracted radiation of an oscillator in crystals combined with the development of VFEL generators with photonic crystals give a promising basis for creation of X-ray and THz sources using the same table-top accelerator. Multi-modal medical facility can be developed on the basis of one dedicated table-top electron accelerator of some tens of MeV energy. Such a system could find a lot of applications in medical practice and biomedical investigations.Comment: 7 pages, 1 figure, presented at Channeling2010, submitted to Il Nuovo Ciment