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Harmonic pictures in a flash

Making films of atomic-scale processes as they happen makes huge demands on any imaging system. One approach combines the advantages of pulsed laser harmonics and computerized image reconstruction.

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Figure 1: Fast pictures without lenses.

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Spence, J. Harmonic pictures in a flash. Nature 449, 553–554 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/449553a

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