What Is PULSE?
Our mission is cutting-edge research in ultrafast science. PULSE, a partnership between SLAC, Stanford and the U.S. Department of Energy, provides a central home and world leadership in ultrafast and short wavelength science and technology. 
One of the primary tools of PULSE is the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) at SLAC, the world’s first hard X-ray free electron laser. The LCLS is about a billion times brighter than any X-ray source ever produced in the laboratory. » morePULSE Research
PULSE is focused on ultrafast structural and electronic dynamics in materials science, the generation of laser pulses lasting only attoseconds (quintillionths of a second), imaging of single molecules and non-periodic materials, and the study of ultrafast light-induced chemical reactions. PULSE has five main areas of research:
The four core areas of PULSE are atomic physics, chemistry, materials science and structural biology.   PULSE is led by faculty holding joint appointments between SLAC and Stanford campus departments and has a strong mission in teaching and training a next generation of scientists. 
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