The word
"ultrafast" means something that happens or works very, very quickly.
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A new generation
of ultrafast lasers like the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (used in the current study) are redefining the field of X-ray crystallography.
Another novelty of this work is the application of
ultrafast lasers to shape the geometry of the particles and refine their properties.
Using SLAC's instrument for
ultrafast electron diffraction, researchers were able to directly see the motions of atomic nuclei in vibrating molecules for the first time.
The startling discovery could lead to light - based components
for ultrafast optical computers.
Scientists are
using ultrafast pulses of highly focused electrons like a camera to study chemical processes and changes in materials at the atomic scale.
To understand these complex and omnipresent phenomena in nature, researchers recently conducted experiments involving the propagation of light waves, and leading to the formation of
ultrafast pulses on a picosecond timescale (a millionth of a millionth of a second).
Apple today announced iPhone 5, the thinnest and lightest iPhone ever, completely redesigned to feature a taller, new 4 - inch Retina display, an Apple - designed A6 chip with
ultrafast wireless even better battery life.
There are tradeoffs in using X-rays vs. electrons to study
ultrafast processes at ultrasmall scales, he noted, though «even if the capabilities are similar, it's worth pursuing» because of the smaller size and lesser cost of machines like APEX and HiRES compared to X-ray free - electron lasers.
An international team of scientists is getting closer to the answer thanks to unprecedented, atomic - scale images of a protein complex found in plants, algae, and cyanobacteria captured by
ultrafast X-ray lasers.
Here, we report 4D imaging, with in situ spatiotemporal resolutions,
in ultrafast electron microscopy (UEM).
P.A. Ni, Y. Ping, A.J. Nelson, D. Prendergast, R.W. Lee, R.W. Falcone, P.A. Heimann, «Electronic Structure of Warm Dense Copper Studied
by Ultrafast X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy», Phys.
In classical optics, the ability to accurately measure both the energy and time features of light
on ultrafast timescales has been critical to innovations in laser physics and spectroscopy.
Moreover, the devices support
ultrafast charging through the built - in dual charging chips.
«Intense two - color double X-ray laser pulses: Powerful tool to
study ultrafast processes.»
Zheludev says the technology could make an ideal switch for
ultrafast optical communications and computers.
This path is also followed by the Hamburg Center for
Ultrafast Imaging CUI on the DESY campus, with which Gati and Chapman are also affiliated, and which partly supported this work.
Gig.U's goal is to accelerate the deployment of next - generation networks in the U.S. by encouraging researchers — students and professors alike — to develop new applications and services that can make use of
ultrafast data transfer rates.
Such devices could potentially power future particle colliders that reveal nature's fundamental components, as well as bright X-ray light sources that take
ultrafast snapshots of materials with atomic resolution.
On smooth tarmac, the Mini is at its best, blending mind - boggling grip with
ultrafast responses and amazing tactility.
The project, known as LCLS - II, will greatly increase the power and capacity of SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) for experiments that sharpen our view of how nature works on the atomic level and on
ultrafast timescales.
This time, Chang and his team have developed a new
ultrafast light source for observing electron motion in molecules — made up of nuclei and electrons — at the point before the nuclei start to move.
HZB - scientist Emad Aziz, who leads the Joint lab between HZB and Freie Universität Berlin, has developed and installed a new tool to investigate
ultrafast dynamics in solutions and at interfaces with the use of ultrashort laser pulses.
To
observe ultrafast electron motions in space and time, one needs to measure the position of electrons in the material with a precision of the order of 0.1 nm (0.1 nm = 10 - 10 m), roughly corresponding to the distance between neighboring atoms, and on a sub-100 fs time scale (1 fs = 10 - 15s).
Encoding information in quantum particles such as photons, the quanta of light, could lead to powerful new technologies, such
as ultrafast quantum computers and unbreakable quantum cryptography.
Capitanio M., Canepari M., Maffei M., Beneventi D., Monico C., Vanzi F., Bottinelli R., and F. S. Pavone,
Ultrafast force - clamp spectroscopy of single molecules reveals load dependence of myosin working stroke, Nature Methods 9, 1013 - 1019 (2012).
«Combining years of ASUS experience in wireless innovation and Intel's connected home technology, Blue Cave
delivers ultrafast Wi - Fi speeds throughout the home,» said Tenlong Deng, General Manager, ASUS Networking and Wireless Devices Business Unit.
He conducted postdoctoral research in
ultrafast spectroscopy at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany on the Humboldt fellowship, and then worked as a National Research Council fellow at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
On top of broadband expansion for our countryside and our larger cities, we're funding
ultrafast broadband in 12 smaller cities --[Brighton and Hove, Cambridge, Coventry, Derby, Oxford, Portsmouth, Salford, York, Newport, Aberdeen, Perth and Derry - Londonderry].
iPhone 5
supports ultrafast wireless standards including LTE and DC - HSDPA, so you can browse, download and stream content even faster.
That makes them attractive for use in a new generation of
ultrafast Wi - Fi, known as Wi - Gig.
Streak cameras are capable of
capturing ultrafast events, but are limited to imaging in one dimension.
We can now say that, on
ultrafast time scales, the protein surface fluctuations are controlled by water fluctuations.
Astronomers using the National Science Foundation's Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) of radio telescopes have discovered a cloud of gas apparently being struck by a jet of
ultrafast particles powered by the energy of a supermassive black hole at the core of a galaxy 450 million light - years away.
«It was a dream come true, working on
ultrafast photonics in the best research lab in the country,» he says.
Physical Biology Center for
Ultrafast Science and Technology, Arthur Amos Noyes Laboratory of Chemical Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
The method,
called ultrafast electron diffraction (UED), could help scientists better understand the role of nuclear motions in light - driven processes that naturally occur on extremely fast timescales.
«The upgrade will benefit X-ray experiments in many different ways, and I'm very excited to use the new capabilities for my own research,» said Brown University Professor Peter Weber, who co-led an LCLS study that used X-ray scattering to
track ultrafast structural changes as ring - shaped gas molecules burst open in a chemical reaction vital to many processes in nature.
X-ray free - electron lasers generate flashes of X-ray light short and intense enough to make movies of chemical reactions and other
ultrafast phenomena, but the electrons must have a very tight energy spread to generate the coherent X-rays necessary for a clear picture.
It's not exactly «Beam me up, Scotty,» but for the first time scientists have teleported information between light and atoms, hastening the long - awaited advent of
ultrafast quantum computers and unbreakable encryption schemes.
«We use the spin current created by
ultrafast heat conduction to generate spin transfer torque.
«Quintillionths of a second in slow motion: Observing and
controlling ultrafast processes with attosecond resolution.»
ASTRO - H will also allow scientists to resolve questions about
ultrafast outflows of gas from active galactic nuclei and whether mysterious emissions from certain galaxy clusters are evidence of dark matter annihilation.
A unique rapid - fire electron source — originally built as a prototype for driving next - generation X-ray lasers — will help scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) study
ultrafast chemical processes and changes in materials at the atomic scale.