DESY's FLASH illuminates the nano-world

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Left: Diffraction image of a microstructure sample taken in an experiment at the free-electron laser facility FLASH in Hamburg using a single ultra-short extremely intensive and coherent laser shot of just 25 femtoseconds duration. Right: The same sa ...
Left: Diffraction image of a microstructure sample taken in an experiment at the free-electron laser facility FLASH in Hamburg using a single ultra-short, extremely intensive and coherent laser shot of just 25 femtoseconds duration. Right: The same sample after its damage by the first laser shot. Credit: H. N. Chapman et al.

Using the unique soft X-ray free-electron laser FLASH at DESY in Hamburg, Germany, an international team of scientists achieved a world first by taking a high-resolution diffraction image of a non-crystalline sample with a single extremely short and intense laser shot.


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