SLAC Recent History (1990s-today SLAC Linac Coherent Light Source) - The creation of a powerful X-ray Laser.

SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is celebrating 60 years of science in 2022. This video is part of our mini history series celebrating SLAC’s early and recent history of various areas of the lab. The video tells the story of how scientists transformed the original linear particle accelerator into one of the most advanced X-ray Laser light source.

For more on SLAC’s history: https://www6.slac.stanford.edu/news/s...

Written, edited and produced by Olivier Bonin.

0:00 RECAP from previous episode
0:15 INTRO: A new use for the LINAC
0:31 HISTORY: From synchrotrons to X-ray free electron lasers (1995)
2:11 LCLS: First hard X-ray free electron laser (2009)
2:57 LCLS-II: Major upgrade. 1 million pulses per second
4:00 APPLICATIONS of X-ray laser research
4:24 CONCLUSION
4:45 CREDITS

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