femtophotography

English

Alternative forms

• femto-photography

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.