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| Flash X-Ray Laser | |
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| Distributed by | DESY |
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Running time | 50 femtoseconds |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | Silent |
Flash X-Ray Laser is a 2011 German experimental short film conceived and created by the DESY research center in Hamburg, Germany. At 50 femtoseconds, it is the fastest and shortest film ever made.
Production
[edit]The film was shot on January 25, 2012, in Hamburg, Germany.[1] It was captured by researchers using DESY's X-ray laser FLASH. It resulted in capturing 50 femtoseconds (one quadrillionth of a second) between two frames for FLASH. The two images are separated by 0.00000000000005 seconds. The distance that the FLASH laser traveled was, according to Christian Günther, "no further than the width of a human hair"[2][3] According to DESY, due to no detector being able to "read out so fast," the researchers merged both images in to a superimposed holograms, allowing the subsequent reconstruction of the film.[1][4] DESY and the University of Mün-ster, have published the results in the scientific journal Nature Photonics.[5][6] In the 2012 edition of the Guinness World Records, they listed it as "the world's fastest movie".[7][8]
See also
[edit]- Logistics – 2012 film that is considered the longest ever made
- A Boy and His Atom – 2013 film that is considered the smallest ever made
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Guinness World Record: DESY's X-ray laser FLASH shoots fastest movie". www.desy.de. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ "Fastest movie in the world recorded: Scientists develop a method to film nanostructures". Phys.org. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ "Der schnellste "Film" der Welt - science.ORF.at". sciencev2.orf.at (in German). Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ Import, M. V. S. (2011-01-10). "Schnellster Nano-Film der Welt". scinexx | Das Wissensmagazin (in German). Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ "Molecular Movie - 2011 - Wiley Analytical Science". Analytical Science News. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ Energie, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und. "Fastest movie in the world recorded". HZB Website. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ Zhang, Michael (2012-01-27). "Scientists Shoot World's Fastest Film at a Quadrillion Frames Per Second". PetaPixel. Retrieved 2026-09-30.
- ↑ "Cientistas alemães criam filme que roda 800 bilhões de vezes mais rápido que filmes normais". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2026-09-30.
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