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MENLO PARK, Calif., Aug. 13, 2012 — A thin sliver of diamond can transform the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) into a precise tool for studying and manipulating matter at the atomic level — and may enable experiments that have never before been possible. In the “self-seeding” technique, conducted by scientists at the US Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, the diamond filters the laser beam to a single x-ray color, which is then amplified. The method yields laser pulses focused to higher intensity in a much narrower band of x-ray wavelengths and will deliver sharper...Read full article

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    Published: August 2012
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