A terahertz light switch (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter

A terahertz light switch

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Terahertz light can reversibly switch an unusual form of structural order in solids—called ferroaxiality—between clockwise and counterclockwise rotational patterns.

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© Jörg Harms (MPSD)

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