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'The Future of the Brightest X-ray Sources' by Zhirong Huang (SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory)
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From the discovery of X-rays by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in 1895, to the construction of modern and next-generation synchrotrons and free-electron lasers that produce X-rays for cutting-edge research, Zhirong Huang, a SLAC senior staff scientist, chronicled such rapid and continuing advances in instrumentation.
During his talk at SLAC's 50th anniversary scientific symposium on Aug. 24, 2012, Huang described some of the latest and ongoing research and development efforts to improve the performance of these powerful X-ray light sources by building better undulators, which stimulate electrons to produce X-ray energy, and via a variety of "seeding" techniques that can be used to tune and control the characteristics of the X-ray laser pulses. He quotes computer scientist Alan Kay: "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."
During his talk at SLAC's 50th anniversary scientific symposium on Aug. 24, 2012, Huang described some of the latest and ongoing research and development efforts to improve the performance of these powerful X-ray light sources by building better undulators, which stimulate electrons to produce X-ray energy, and via a variety of "seeding" techniques that can be used to tune and control the characteristics of the X-ray laser pulses. He quotes computer scientist Alan Kay: "The best way to predict the future is to invent it."