The vacuum ultraviolet region is the area of the electromagnetic spectrum lying between X-rays and visible light. It is characterized by very short wavelengths between about 100 and 200 nanometers.

Using high-intensity lasers, researchers have taken an important step toward miniaturization of particle accelerators by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A powerful laser shines into a jet of gas, creating a bright plasma and generating ultraviolet light. The light leaves a visible ...

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Physicists at CU Boulder, Colorado, have demonstrated a new kind of vacuum ultraviolet laser, which they say is “100 to 1,000 times more efficient than existing technologies of its kind”. The source ...

FELs require a bright and stable source of high-energy electron bunches, so today’s facilities are driven by large and ...

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Physicists are getting closer to creating a long-sought ‘nuclear clock’. This device would keep time by measuring energy ...

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE have reduced silver consumption in solar cell metallization to 1.1 mg/Wp using an electrodeposition-based process, down from ...