femtophotography

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Etymology

femto- +‎ photography, from the ~100-femtosecond-long pulses of light used.

Noun

femtophotography (uncountable)

  1. (photography) A method of photography using sub-picosecond pulses of light (usually around 10-13 seconds, or 100 femtoseconds, long) to illuminate the subject of the photograph, allowing the propagation of the light pulse to be viewed directly.
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