1 million attoseconds pulses per second?

LCLS, the world’s first X-ray free-electron laser – based at SLAC – has operated for over a decade and recently underwent a major upgrade. Formerly emitting X-ray pulses 120 times per second, it can now produce an astonishing 1 million pulses per second. This advancement allows scientists to capture molecular reactions with a beam that is nearly ten-thousand times brighter than before. This enhanced speed in data collection is a scientific breakthrough. It will revolutionize our ability to track chemical reactions in real time, and apply this learning to design sustainable approaches to manufacturing; it will allow us to study how quantum phenomena emerge to create entirely new types of devices for superfast computing; and it will help us drive to much higher efficiency clean energy technologies.

Check out our XFEL explainer on SLAC's website: https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/research/slac-science-explained/xfels

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Video is produced by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory where the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) is located | Written & Edited by Olivier Bonin.

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