Intense light bent out of shape—ultrafast lenses made from gas
Researchers from the MPIK in Heidelberg used an atomic gas as a time-dependent lens to shape and spectrally manipulate intense high-frequency laser pulses.
Researchers from the MPIK in Heidelberg used an atomic gas as a time-dependent lens to shape and spectrally manipulate intense high-frequency laser pulses.
The short version
- This gas-based optical element could pave the way toward better XUV- and X-ray pulse control for applications such as chemical reaction steering, quantum computing, and advanced spectroscopy methods for fundamental science.
- The paper is published in the journal Science Advances.
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Editors have highlighted the following attributes while ensuring the content's credibility: Researchers from the MPIK in Heidelberg used an atomic gas as a time-dependent lens to shape and spectrally manipulate intense high-frequency laser pulses. The paper is published in the journal Science Advances .
Why it matters
One of the first known human-made lenses to manipulate light dates to 700 B.C.: A nearly 4-centimeter-wide (1.6 inches) piece of rock crystal, manufactured around that time, was found in Nimrud, Iraq.
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