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Echo Technique Developed at SLAC Could Make X-ray Lasers More Stable
Manipulating electron beams of X-ray lasers with regular laser light could potentially open up new scientific avenues.
A New Way to Create Compact Light Sources
SLAC scientists have found a new way to produce bright pulses of light from accelerated electrons that could shrink "light source" technology used around the world since the 1970s to examine details of atoms and chemical reactions
SLAC Accelerator Physicist Receives European Prize
Agostino Marinelli, a postdoctoral researcher in the Accelerator Directorate, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Frank Sacherer Prize from the European Physical Society.
Researchers Demonstrate 'Accelerator on a Chip'
In an advance that could dramatically shrink particle accelerators for science and medicine, researchers used a laser to accelerate electrons at a rate 10 times higher than conventional technology in a nanostructured glass chip smaller than a grain of rice.
SLAC Scientists Create Twisted Light
Scientists at SLAC have found a new method to create coherent beams of twisted light – light that spirals around a central axis as it travels. It has the potential to generate twisted light in shorter pulses, higher intensities and a much wider range of wavelengths, including X-rays, than is currently possible.
