Compact microwave photogun created in Russia Scientists at the Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) SB RAS have developed a microwave photogun - a device that produces ultra-short electron beams of extremely small size. This will make it possible to study the structure of materials at the atomic level in real time, the institute's press service reported. "A microwave photogon is a very advanced source of a high-quality electron beam, that is, with an ultra-short duration and low emission. Such devices are in demand in injection systems of free electron lasers or synchrotron radiation sources. They are used in electron microscopes and for the study of atomic structure by ultrafast electrons press service of the word Evmician RAScade methods" Levichev, deputy director of the Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS for scientific work. In practice, such beams are needed for ultra-fast electron diffractometry, a method that allows one to literally look inside materials and see their structure at the atomic and molecular level in real time.

Compact microwave photogun created in Russia Scientists at the Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) SB RAS have developed a microwave photogun - a device that produces ultra-short electron beams of extremely small size. This will make it possible to study the structure of materials at the atomic level in real time, the institute's press service reported. "A microwave photogon is a very advanced source of a high-quality electron beam, that is, with an ultra-short duration and low emission. Such devices are in demand in injection systems of free electron lasers or synchrotron radiation sources. They are used in electron microscopes and for the study of atomic structure by ultrafast electrons press service of the word Evmician RAScade methods" Levichev, deputy director of the Institute of Nuclear Physics SB RAS for scientific work. In practice, such beams are needed for ultra-fast electron diffractometry, a method that allows one to literally look inside materials and see their structure at the atomic and molecular level in real time.