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SLAC's X-ray laser sets a record for shortest high-energy pulses ever generated by an XFEL
October 20, 2026
MENLO PARK, California, Oct. 20 -- The SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory issued the following news release:

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SLAC's X-ray laser sets a record for shortest high-energy pulses ever generated by an XFEL

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Researchers are already using these high-energy X-ray pulses, which last only billionths of a billionth of a second, to probe electronic motion deep within atoms and dense plasmas.

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