Effect on Compton Scattering Spectra by Hermite–Gaussian Light

Abstract

In this study, we measured the Compton scattering spectra of Al, Ag and Au metals changing the harmonic order of X-rays from an undulator. The width of the Compton scattered X-ray spectrum changed depending on the harmonic order of X-rays. This indicates that Compton scattering spectra shape reflects a momentum perpendicular to the traveling direction in Hermite–Gaussian (HG) light.

Keywords

• Compton scattering
• optical vortex
• Hermite–Gaussian (HG) light
• synchrotron radiation
• undulator