High-frequency light is useful. The higher the frequency of light, the shorter its wavelength—and the shorter the wavelength, the smaller the objects and details the light can be used to see.
Nanophysics
Apr 27, 2023
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RIKEN and the Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI) have successfully produced a beam of X-ray laser light with a wavelength of 1.2 Angstroms, the shortest ever measured. This record-breaking light was created ...
Optics & Photonics
Jun 13, 2011
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(Phys.org)—Research at SLAC's powerful X-ray laser that could lead to the development of specialized drugs to better combat African sleeping sickness has been recognized by Science magazine as one of the nine runners-up ...
General Physics
Dec 24, 2012
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Clouds are a lot cooler than you might think. In fact, scientists might say they're super cool because they're made up of millions of supercooled water droplets, droplets that have been cooled below the freezing point but ...
General Physics
Aug 16, 2023
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(Phys.org) -- Researchers at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have captured the most detailed images to date of airborne soot particles, a key contributor to global warming and a health hazard.
General Physics
Jun 27, 2012
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An international team led by SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has proved how the world's most powerful X-ray laser can assist in cracking the structures of biomolecules, and in the processes helped to pioneer critical ...
General Physics
May 31, 2012
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3D holograms from your phone, television, or favorite droid have been promised for decades but, despite being of great interest, have yet to materialize. The applications for them are far-reaching, particularly in the medtech ...
Optics & Photonics
Dec 19, 2022
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Ten years into the future. That's about how far UC Santa Barbara electrical and computer engineering professor John Bowers and his research team are reaching with the recent development of their mode-locked quantum dot lasers ...
Optics & Photonics
Feb 13, 2019
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A wide range of phenomena in nature and technology depend on changes that occur in a material after it is illuminated with visible light. A well-known example is photosynthesis, where successive excitations ...
General Physics
Jul 5, 2010
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The U.S. Department of Energy has granted approval for SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory -- home of the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), the world's first hard X-ray laser -- to begin planning a second X-ray laser at ...
General Physics
May 5, 2010
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