![SLAC linear accelerator building at sunset](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/00b-15820186506_80c4806e66_o.jpg?h=6f8e8448&itok=brFzr3yp)
![Simulation of high-energy positron acceleration in an ionized gas, or plasma](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/anweiming-cover5-landscape.jpg?h=f365fe65&itok=G_2XSr0v)
![Image - From left, SLAC's Erik Hemsing, Zhirong Huang and William Fawley accept awards during the 36th International Free Electron Laser Conference in Basel, Switzerland. At right is SLAC's Paul Emma, who served as this year's FEL Prize committee chairman](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/FEL-PRIZE-2014-Ceremony.jpg?h=4749b905&itok=yKX1J7hW)
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![Photo - A view of the soft X-ray self-seeding system during installation in the Undulator Hall at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser. (Brad Plummer/SLAC)](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/2013-317-2858-SXSS_0.jpg?h=10d202d3&itok=BQudrwBC)
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The nanoscale patterns of SLAC and Stanford’s accelerator on a chip gleam in rainbow colors prior to being assembled and cut into their final...
![Photo of an array of accelerator chips on a disc](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/130927-chiparray-990w.jpg?h=91b8c1c6&itok=x_hDUHq7)
![Photo of two accelerator chips on the tip of a finger](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/images/130927-2chip-finger-990w.jpg?h=91b8c1c6&itok=gLEWvyTe)
The nanoscale patterns of SLAC and Stanford’s accelerator on a chip gleam in rainbow colors prior to being assembled and cut into their final...