 Visiting scientists from The Ohio State University with LCLS colleagues. (Photo: Nicholas Bock.) October 15, 2009
It's been a busy few weeks at the Linac Coherent Light Source. The Atomic, Molecular and Optical instrument's second user group, led by The Ohio State University physicist Louis DiMauro, wrapped up a five-day run early Tuesday morning, and the third group is set to start science today. more...
September 01, 2009
Photon correlation spectroscopy with coherent X-rays reveals the elementary diffuseive motion of atoms. Nature Materials, News & Views, Stephenson et. al., September 2009. more...
June 03, 2009
The first science instrument for the Linac Coherent Light Source was moved into its experimental hutch yesterday, marking a major milestone in preparing the Linac Coherent Light Source for its first wave of users this September. A team of riggers and vacuum assembly staff moved the Atomic, Molecular and Optical instrument from the Mechanical Fabrication Department Vacuum Shop to the Near Experimental Hall, Hutch 1. more...
May 26, 2009
Coherent X-Ray Imaging instrument, the fourth scientific instrument to be installed at the Linac Coherent Light Source is scheduled to come online in 2011. more...
April 28, 2009
The world's brightest X-ray source sprang to life last week at the U.S. Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory. The Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) offers researchers the first-ever glimpse of high-energy or “hard” X-ray laser light produced in a laboratory. more...
March 30, 2009
SLAC's linac started up again last Wednesday after three weeks' downtime to install 21 of the 33 undulator magnets that will help generate X-rays in the Linac Coherent Light Source. The LCLS commissioning team completed the installation and initial alignment with impressive speed, taking less than half the time allotted for the work. If all continues to go well, the linac's electron beam could make its first test run through the new undulators as soon as April 4.
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March 16, 2009
Even though the Linac Coherent Light Source's Atomic, Molecular and Optical science instrument has yet to be assembled, the first AMO users were already on site last week for the First AMO Beamtime Preparation Meeting. more...
March 02, 2009
The Linac Coherent Light Source is presently in its third phase of electron beam commissioning. more...
February 03, 2009
The Linac Coherent Light Source reached another milestone last Wednesday evening, when a beam of electrons wiggled its way through a row of magnets and produced the instrument's first X-rays. more...
December 15, 2008
On Saturday afternoon, December 13, a series of electron beams zipped down the full length of the Linac Coherent Light Source for the first time. more...
May 29, 2008
When particle accelerators gave birth to the powerful X-ray microscopes known as synchrotrons, they revolutionized the study of virtually every field of science. Now the Linac Coherent Light Source promises to make an equally big leap, making movies of atoms and molecules in action and changing the way we think about matter. more...
November 21, 2007
How do you take a picture of something as thin as a strand of hair that's moving at the speed of light? more...
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