Ultrashort light pulse blazes new paths for science, industry

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Light pulses lasting just 130 attoseconds offer possibilities for unlocking secrets of atoms and molecules. Credit: National Laboratory for Ultrafast and Ultraintense Optical Science in Milan Italy
Light pulses lasting just 130 attoseconds offer possibilities for unlocking secrets of atoms and molecules. Credit: National Laboratory for Ultrafast and Ultraintense Optical Science in Milan, Italy

Researchers in Italy have created an ultrashort light pulse—a single isolated burst of extreme-ultraviolet light that lasts for only 130 attoseconds. Their achievement currently represents the shortest artificial light pulse that has been reported in a refereed journal.


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