Sep 19, 2023
World’s most powerful X-ray laser fired for the first time
Posted by Gemechu Taye in categories: biological, chemistry, physics
With up to a million X-ray flashes a second, the laser will help study mechanisms in physics, chemistry, and biology.
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory has fired the first X-rays using the upgraded Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL), a press release said. The upgraded version, dubbed LCLS-II, was built for $1.1 billion.
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