Researchers made the first microscopic movies of liquids getting vaporized by SLAC’s X-ray free-electron laser LCLS.
Matter in Extreme Conditions (MEC) Hutch 6, located in the LCLS Far Experimental Hall.
Chandra Curry at the Matter in Extreme Conditions experimental hutch 6 at LCLS.
In this illustration, the pairs of red spheres are escaping oxygen atoms and purple spheres are metal ions. This new understanding could lead to...
SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) Near Experimental Hall building at sunrise with Stanford University Hoover Tower in the background.
This animation shows the results of a recent study at SLAC, in which researchers used a powerful beam of electrons to watch gold melt...
Illustration of how a single crystal sample of silicon deforms during shock compression on nanosecond timescales.
SSRL utilizes x-rays produced by its accelerator, the Stanford Positron Electron Asymmetric Ring (SPEAR3), shown in this photo from 2004.