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Ultrafast Laser Enables New Technologies

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BOULDER, Colo., Feb. 25, 2010 – In what is being touted as a major breakthrough, University of Colorado at Boulder physics professors, Margaret Murnane and Henry Kapteyn have built a tabletop x-ray laser for superhigh-resolution imaging that could also open doors to new technologies in medicine, biotechnology and nanotechnology. Working with their team at JILA, a joint institute of CU-Boulder and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), for more than a decade Murnane and Kapteyn have been inching closer to this goal, which scientists have been trying to figure out for nearly half a century. ...Read full article

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    Published: February 2010
    Glossary
    electromagnetic spectrum
    The total range of wavelengths, extending from the shortest to the longest wavelength or conversely, that can be generated physically. This range of electromagnetic wavelengths extends practically from zero to infinity and includes the visible portion of the spectrum known as light.
    nano
    An SI prefix meaning one billionth (10-9). Nano can also be used to indicate the study of atoms, molecules and other structures and particles on the nanometer scale. Nano-optics (also referred to as nanophotonics), for example, is the study of how light and light-matter interactions behave on the nanometer scale. See nanophotonics.
    nanotechnology
    The use of atoms, molecules and molecular-scale structures to enhance existing technology and develop new materials and devices. The goal of this technology is to manipulate atomic and molecular particles to create devices that are thousands of times smaller and faster than those of the current microtechnologies.
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