K-State's fast laser research and theory building on Einsten's work by timing electrons emissions
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.Einstein received the Nobel Prize in 1921 for his theoretical explanation in 1905 of the so-called photo-effect -- that is, the emission of electrons from a metal surface by incident light.In Einstein's time, laboratory light sources provided light of very low intensity in comparison with modern lasers like those at K-State.
"It's a feat that would be impossible without high-intensity lasers like those at K-State's J. R. Macdonald Laboratory," Thumm said.
"Fifty attoseconds is about the time resolution needed to resolve the motion of electrons in matter," he said.
"It was a celebrated model, and it's still in textbooks as an explanation that light is made up of photons," Thumm said. "You can talk to a lot of physics students who get it wrong."
"In this case it's not the horse's hooves but the electrons that we're seeing," Thumm said.
K-State's fast laser research and theory building on Einsten's work by timing electrons emissions
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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Fast Laser Research And Theory Building On Einsten's Work By Timing Electrons Emissions
Theorists have developed a model that allows them to compute not just the energy of photo-emitted electrons, but also the times after their release at which they can be detected. Within their ...
Fri 22 May 09 from ScienceDaily
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