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The free-electron laser will be a source of intense, short-wavelength radiation for a range of applications, including biological imaging. The first results from a prototype have already thrown up a surprise.

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Figure 1: The planned layout of the TESLA free-electron laser facility.

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  1. Department of Physics and JILA, University of Colorado, Boulder, 80309-440, Colorado, USA

    Henry C. Kapteyn

  2. Department of Physics, The University of Texas at Austin, 1 University Station C1600, Austin, 78712, Texas, USA

    Todd Ditmire

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Kapteyn, H., Ditmire, T. Ultraviolet upset. Nature 420, 467–468 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/420467a

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