Accelerator engineering

A new device could open new avenues for the generation of high-frequency radiation with applications in science, radar, communications, security and medical imaging.

A makeover of the historic Beam Switch Yard prepares the lab for the installation of the LCLS X-ray laser upgrade.

Researchers at SLAC are already looking at the largely unexplored realm of attosecond science.

Accelerator physicist Agostino Marinelli discusses how SLAC's X-ray laser makes femtosecond light.

SLAC celebrates five days of ultrafast science.

Join us for five days of ultrafast science from April 17 to 21.

As it evolves, SLAC's linear accelerator illustrates some important technologies from the history of accelerator science.

After 50 Years of Operation, One-third of the Lab’s Historic Linear Accelerator Is Extracted to Build Powerful New X-Ray Laser

During a recent shutdown, engineers installed new beamline technology and a 3-D virtual tour captured rare views of the synchrotron’s interior.

The lab’s signature particle highway prepares to enter another era of transformative science as the home of the LCLS-II X-ray laser.

New ‘GREEN-RF’ Technology Recycles Energy that Would Otherwise Go to Waste in Accelerating Particles for Science, Medicine, Industry

A SLAC-led research team working at the lab’s FACET facility has demonstrated a new way of accelerating positrons that could help develop smaller, more economical future particle colliders.