Editing Synchrotron light source (section)

== Compact synchrotron light sources ==
Because of the usefulness of tuneable [[collimated light|collimated]] [[coherence (physics)|coherent]] X-ray radiation, efforts have been made to make smaller more economical sources of the light produced by synchrotrons. The aim is to make such sources available within a research laboratory for cost and convenience reasons; at present, researchers have to travel to a facility to perform experiments.  One method of making a compact light source is to use the energy shift from [[Compton scattering]] near-visible laser photons from electrons stored at relatively low energies of tens of megaelectronvolts (see for example the Compact Light Source (CLS)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/lti-msp030106.php |title=Miniature synchrotron produces first light |publisher=Eurekalert.org |access-date=2009-10-19}}</ref>).