Attosecond X-ray pulses at megahertz repetition rates (IMAGE)

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

Attosecond X-ray pulses at megahertz repetition rates

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Scientists at European XFEL and DESY produce high-power attosecond X-ray pulses at megahertz repetition rates. With the help of special beam optics relativistic electrons (blue cloud) are strongly compressed (bright line in the centre). This leads to a very bright, high-power X-ray pulse on the attosecond timescale.

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© European XFEL; Illustration: Tobias Wüstefeld

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