Scientists Create 'Swiss Army Knife' for Electron Beams (IMAGE)

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

Scientists Create 'Swiss Army Knife' for Electron Beams

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The mini accelerator STEAM (centre) is driven by Terahertz radiation (yellow, coming from both sides). It can accelerator, compress, focus and analyze the incident electron bunches (blue).

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Credit: DESY, Lucid Berlin

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