Ultrafast X-ray Group
![X-ray microscope image of a bundle of dendrites grown from a mouse neuron. The magnification is higher than possible using visible light.](https://www.southampton.ac.uk/sites/default/files/styles/banner_medium/public/2023-05/Ultrafast X-ray Group.png.webp?itok=9Hy4hZK0)
Our group uses high-intensity femtosecond lasers to generate very short (attosecond) pulses of coherent extreme ultraviolet (XUV) and soft X-ray radiation. This radiation can be used for imaging and spectroscopy at very small dimensions (<50nm) and at very fast timescales (<10fs).