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Main Authors: Aknin, H., Klein, Y., Shwartz, S.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.20337
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  • We propose controlling the angular and spectral distribution of hard x-ray emission by entangling x-ray photons with ultraviolet surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) whose dispersion is engineered by a metal-dielectric multilayer on a nonlinear crystal. Spontaneous parametric down-conversion of an x-ray pump produces a hard x-ray signal photon correlated with an ultraviolet SPP mode near its resonance. Engineering the SPPs dispersion reshapes the phase-matching landscape and imprints tunable angular-spectral structure on the emitted x-ray photons. The scheme enables compact, designable control of x-ray emission and extends surface-plasmon-assisted nonlinear and quantum x-ray optics.