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Light-based method enables precise control of ultrafast electron flow in a scanning tunneling microscope
Source: Phys.org · Published
What would it take to watch an electron move through a material? Researchers would need to see individual atoms and capture an electron's motion at incredibly short timescales. A Technion-led team has brought those two capabilities together in a scanning tunneling microscope, using carefully shaped laser pulses to control the direction of electron flow while preserving nanoscale spatial…
Key points
- What would it take to watch an electron move through a material?
- Researchers would need to see individual atoms and capture an electron's motion at incredibly short timescales.
- A Technion-led team has brought those two capabilities together in a scanning tunneling microscope, using carefully shaped laser pulses to control the direction of electron flow while preserving nanoscale spatial…
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