Scientists Make Iron Transparent (IMAGE)

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Scientists Make Iron Transparent

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Multiple images of two objects located between two parallel mirrors illustrate the principle of electromagnetically induced transparency of atomic nuclei: The interaction of X-rays with two layers of iron within such a system of mirrors (an optical resonator) leads to a quantum mechanical superposition state of iron and its mirror images that causes the iron atomic nuclei to appear transparent.

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Dr. Ralf Roehlsberger, DESY

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