Major Upgrade Will Boost Power of World's Brightest X-ray Laser
Monday, April 4, 2016 - 14:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Construction begins today on a major upgrade to a unique X-ray laser at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The project will add a second X-ray laser beam that's 10,000 times brighter, on average, than the first one and fires 8,000 times faster, up to a million pulses per second.