Photons and electrons one on one

Institute for Quantum Electronics (IQE)

The dynamics of electrons changes ever so slightly on each interaction with a photon. The group of Prof. Ursula Keller has now measured such interplay in its arguably purest form — by recording the attosecond-scale changes associated with one-photon transitions of an unbound electron.

by Andreas Heinz Trabesinger
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