X-ray snapshot: How light bends an active substance
With the help of the world's most powerful X-ray laser, European XFEL, a research team led by Goethe University Frankfurt and the research centre DESY has achieved an important breakthrough: Using the ...
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World’s most powerful X-ray laser aims to solve neutron puzzle, find dark matter
Located in Hamburg, Germany, this cutting-edge facility is home to the world’s largest and most powerful X-ray laser. Axions ...
Researchers capture first laser-driven, high-resolution CT scans of dense objects
A research team led by Colorado State University has achieved a new milestone in 3D X-ray imaging technology. The scientists ...
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US researchers capture first laser-based CT scans of dense objects
Current industrial CT scanners are not only massive and costly, but they produce images with millimeter scale resolution. The team’s laser-driven approach generates a much smaller X-ray source, ...
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Arizona State University builds compact X-ray free electron laser
The ASU team set out to develop the first compact X-ray free electron laser, or CXFEL. A dramatically smaller and less ...
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First light from hard X-ray laser
The hard X-ray FEL has come of age. A free-electron laser is not like other lasers. It works by forcing a beam of electrons, travelling at nearly the speed of light, to oscillate in a long ...
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X-Ray Free-Electron Laser (XFEL): A Breakthrough in Nanoscale Imaging
What are X-Ray Free-Electron Lasers? X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) are a revolutionary type of X-ray source that produce ultra-short, highly intense pulses of X-rays. Unlike conventional X-ray ...
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Researchers capture first laser-driven, high-resolution CT scans of dense objects
The scientists have captured high-resolution CT scans of the interior of a large, dense object -- a gas turbine blade -- using a compact, laser-driven X-ray source. The work is part of a larger ...