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Nature Photonics 2, 390 - 391 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nphoton.2008.115

X-ray imaging: Ultrafast diffract-and-destroy movies

John Spence1

  1. John Spence is in the Department of Physics, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287-1504, USA.
    e-mail: jspence@asu.edu


Combining optical and X-ray lasers enables imaging with high temporal and spectral resolution. By taking pictures of a succession of exploding targets, a movie can be made charting the dynamics of the solid material on a 10-ps timescale.

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