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Laser-created temporal lens could lead to movies of molecular processes
Jun 29, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Finding a way to observe and record the behavior of matter at the molecular level has long been a holy grail among physicists. That ability could open the door to a wide range of applications ...
K-State's fast laser research and theory building on Einsten's work by timing electrons emissions
May 21, 2009 |
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Ultrafast laser research at Kansas State University has allowed physicists to build on Nobel Prize-winning work in photo-electronics by none other than Albert Einstein.
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Laser pulses control single electrons in complex molecules
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Predatory fish are well aware of the problem: In a swarm of small fish it is hard to isolate prey. A similar situation can be found in the microcosm of atoms and molecules, whose behavior is influenced by "swarms" of electrons. ...
Physicists steer electrons with laser pulses: Method could be used to create custom-made chemical compounds
Nov 13, 2008 |
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Theoretical physicist Uwe Thumm and his colleagues Feng He and Andreas Becker not only work with some of the smallest molecules in the universe, but they now have found a way to control the motion of the molecules' building ...
A front-row seat at this summer's physics extravaganza
Jul 02, 2008 |
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Nearly 20 years in the making, the largest particle accelerator in the world will start running in Switzerland this summer, offering scientists a glimpse of particles that have never been seen before.
Ultrafast look into atoms and molecules
Jun 20, 2008 |
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New record in ultrafast metrology: Physicists at Max-Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich are the first to produce light pulses lasting only 80 attoseconds.
Physicists Ponder Atoms Without Nuclei
Mar 19, 2008 |
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You might remember learning in sixth grade science class that isotopes are atoms that have lost or gained a few neutrons, and ions are atoms that have lost or gained a few electrons. But what about an atom ...
Electron filmed for first time ever
Feb 22, 2008 |
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Now it is possible to see a movie of an electron. The movie shows how an electron rides on a light wave after just having been pulled away from an atom. This is the first time an electron has ever been filmed, ...
Discovery of a new way to manipulate light a million times more efficiently
Nov 16, 2007 |
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A discovery of a new way to manipulate light a million times more efficiently than before is announced in the journal Science this week.
Hypershort flash of visible light produces 'white' attosecond X-ray light
Aug 10, 2007 |
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No flash of light can be shorter than the time it takes the wave carrying the flash to perform a full oscillation. A team headed by Prof. Ferenc Krausz has now succeeded in generating – for the first time ...
K-State attosecond research could aid Homeland Security
May 21, 2007 |
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Building a new laser-like X-ray source powerful and quick enough to capture fast motion in the atomic world is a big job. But Zenghu Chang, Kansas State University professor of physics, and his team of physicists and engineers ...
Ultrashort light pulse blazes new paths for science, industry
May 01, 2007 |
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Researchers in Italy have created an ultrashort light pulse—a single isolated burst of extreme-ultraviolet light that lasts for only 130 attoseconds. Their achievement currently represents the shortest artificial ...
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