Advanced accelerator R and D

In experiments with the lab’s ultrafast "electron camera," laser light hitting a material is almost completely converted into nuclear vibrations, which are key to switching a material’s properties on and off for future electronics and other applications.

He is recognized for his numerous contributions to the advancement of accelerator physics, community service and education.

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

Zeeshan Ahmed, Frederico Fiuza and Emilio Nanni will each receive about $2.5 million over five years to pursue cutting-edge research into cosmic inflation, plasma acceleration and using terahertz waves to accelerate particles.

SLAC’s ultrafast “electron camera” reveals unusual atomic motions that could be crucial for the efficiency of next-generation perovskite solar cells.

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

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

Two recently funded computing projects work toward developing cutting-edge scientific applications for future exascale supercomputers that can perform at least a billion billion computing operations per second.

Method creates new opportunities for studies of extremely fast processes in biology, chemistry and materials science.

Four Stanford students receive funding for work on novel accelerators and beams for SLAC's X-ray laser.

Manipulating electron beams of X-ray lasers with regular laser light could potentially open up new scientific avenues.

Researchers have reached another milestone in the development of a promising technology that could lead to more efficient and powerful particle accelerators.