Hypershort flash of visible light produces 'white' attosecond X-ray light

No flash of light can be shorter than the time it takes the wave carrying the flash to perform a full oscillation. A team headed by Prof. Ferenc Krausz has now succeeded in generating – for the first time – flashes of intense laser light that deliver more than half of their energy within a single well-controlled wave cycle.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news105972993.html">Hypershort flash of visible light produces 'white' attosecond X-ray light</a></p> <p>No flash of light can be shorter than the time it takes the wave carrying the flash to perform a full oscillation. A team headed by Prof. Ferenc Krausz has now succeeded in generating – for the first time – flashes of intense laser light that deliver more than half of their energy within a single well-controlled wave cycle.</p>