Bright X-ray free-electron lasers are beginning to unveil the properties of matter on atomic and femtosecond scales. A truly useful laser must be not only bright but also exhibit simultaneous spatial and temporal coherence, and researchers have now demonstrated a technique that may help to achieve this goal.
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Zeitoun, P., Fajardo, M. & Lambert, G. Coherent and compact. Nature Photon 4, 739–740 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2010.257
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