electron
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When the electron returns and releases its energy, it generates light at frequencies far higher than those of the original laser beam.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
"It can be shown that when the electron returns to its atom, it generates a whole range of different frequencies with roughly equal intensity," says Dimitar Popmintchev, postdoc in Tenio Popmintchev's team at TU Wien.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
The first electron was released and accelerated by the laser field, followed by the second.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
Devices designed to alter the phase of electron beams often weakened the beam too much, introduced image instability, or reduced resolution.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026
Since each atom is electrically neutral, the number of protons in the nucleus must exactly equal the number of electrons in the electron cloud.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
The achievement could eventually contribute to the development of molecular electronic components and technologies involving spintronics, which uses properties of electrons beyond their electrical charge.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
Instead of moving water, their design allows electrons to travel through a spiral-shaped molecule, causing it to rotate as electrical current passes through.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026
Unlike the usual process involving one electron, the experiment allowed both of helium's electrons to be removed in succession.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
The researchers wanted to find out whether the outcome would change if two electrons participated instead.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
He dismantles the machine, stares into its circuits, lets his fingers trace the journeys of electrons.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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