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LCLS-II will be a transformative tool for energy science, qualitatively changing the way that X-ray imaging, scattering and spectroscopy can be used to study how natural and artificial systems function. It will produce X-ray pulses that are 10,000 times brighter, on average, than those of LCLS and that arrive up to a million times per second.

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Illustration of SLAC's cryoplant refrigerator.

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Cross section of cryomodule

A cross section of the LCLS-II accelerator showing where liquid and gaseous helium flow in and out of the system.
August 30, 2022
Cross section showing pipes and liquid and gas helium
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LCLS-II cryoplant

A schematic of the LCLS-II cryoplant.
August 30, 2022
A schematic of a building with various pieces of cooling equipment.
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LCLS-II 2k cooldown

August 30, 2022
Images of frost and a thermometer superimposed over an aerial view of an accelerator building.
News Feature

SLAC expands and centralizes computing infrastructure to prepare for data challenges of the future

An extension of the Stanford Research Computing Facility will host several data centers to handle the unprecedented data streams that will be produced by...

July 27, 2022  ·  7 min read
SRCF-II
News Feature

Collaborations with small businesses spur progress for LCLS research at SLAC

The Small Business Innovation Research Program brings government and private industry together to develop next-generation X-ray optics for LCLS-II.

June 3, 2022  ·  4 min read
A narrow two-mile long building stretches through trees and foothills.
SLAC Science Explained

XFELs: Spying on atoms and molecules

Molecular movie-making is both an art and a science; the results let us watch how nature works on the smallest scales.

June 1, 2022  ·  6 min read
Molecular movie filmstrip.
Press Release

SLAC’s superconducting X-ray laser reaches operating temperature colder than outer space

The facility, LCLS-II, will soon sharpen our view of how nature works on ultrasmall, ultrafast scales, impacting everything from quantum devices to clean energy.

May 10, 2022  ·  6 min read
LCLS-II cooldown
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Cryomodule cavity

Now that the cavities have been cooled, the next step is to pump them with more than a megawatt of...
May 9, 2022
Cryomodule cavity animation
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LCLS-II cooldown

A half-mile-long stretch of tunnel in Menlo Park, California is now colder than most of the universe.

May 9, 2022
LCLS-II cooldown
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Cryoplant flow animation

The linac is equipped with two world-class helium cryoplants.

May 9, 2022
Cryoplant flow animation
News Feature

Q&A: How SLAC's Technology Innovation Directorate serves as the backbone of discovery at the lab

The leaders of SLAC's Technology Innovation Directorate discuss how their group supports the lab's most innovative projects.

April 5, 2022  ·  7 min read
TID senior managers
News Feature

A day in the life of two accelerator experts

Over the past few years, Kathleen Ratcliffe and Tien Fak Tan have worked together to help build the superconducting accelerator that will drive new...

February 2, 2022  ·  6 min read
SLAC's Tien Tan, left, and Kathleen Ratcliffe pose for a portrait outside a SLAC building.