ZAP! The X-Ray Laser is Born

Multimedia · Tue Nov 17 00:00:00 EST 2009

OSTI ID:1014092

Ratner, Daniel ^[1]

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1. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)

SLAC has converted its giant particle accelerator into the world's first X-ray laser. By a billion fold the world's brightest X-ray source, the laser packs a trillion photons into pulses as short as a millionth of a billionth of a second. The ultra-bright, ultra-short X-ray pulses will drive a wide range of new experiments, as scientists strip electrons from atoms, photograph single molecules and make movies of chemical reactions. How has SLAC accomplished such feats of X-ray wizardry? Attend this public lecture to learn about the basics of an X-ray laser, the technologies at SLAC that make it possible, and the exciting new experiments now underway.

• Research Organization: SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76SF00515
• OSTI ID: 1014092
• Resource Relation: Conference: SLAC Public Lecture Series, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California, presented on November 17, 2009
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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43 PARTICLE ACCELERATORS
ACCELERATORS
ATOMS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
ELECTRONS
FERMILAB ACCELERATOR
IMAGES
LASERS
PHOTONS
STANFORD LINEAR ACCELERATOR CENTER
X-RAY LASERS
X-RAY SOURCES
SLAC
X-RAY LASER
LINAC COHERENT LIGHT SOURCE (LCLS)
HIGH-ENERGY ELECTRONS
UNDULATORS