Linear accelerator-based free-electron lasers (FELs) are the leading source of fully coherent
X-rays with ultra-high peak powers and ultra-short pulse lengths. Current X-ray FEL facilities …

Advances in attosecond science have led to a wealth of important discoveries in atomic,
molecular, and solid-state physics and are progressively directing their footsteps toward …

A new scientific frontier opened in 2009 with the start of operations of the world's first x-ray
free-electron laser (FEL), the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), at SLAC National …

X-ray crystallography has been central to the development of many fields of science over the
past century. It has now matured to a point that as long as good-quality crystals are …

The problem of phase retrieval, ie, the recovery of a function given the magnitude of its
Fourier transform, arises in various fields of science and engineering, including electron …

Knowledge gained through x-ray crystallography fostered structural determination of
materials and greatly facilitated the development of modern science and technology in the …

Relativistic interaction of short-pulse lasers with underdense plasmas has recently led to the
emergence of a novel generation of femtosecond x-ray sources. Based on radiation from …

The new European X-ray Free-Electron Laser is the first X-ray free-electron laser capable of
delivering X-ray pulses with a megahertz inter-pulse spacing, more than four orders of …

Plasmonic antennas can enhance the intensity of a nanojoule laser pulse by localizing the
electric field in their proximity. It has been proposed that the field can become strong enough …

X-ray lasers offer new capabilities in understanding the structure of biological systems,
complex materials and matter under extreme conditions,,,. Very short and extremely bright …