Laser Pulse (IMAGE)

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Laser Pulse

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Laser physicists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich steer atoms in molecules with light: A laser pulse removed an outer hydrogen atom from one side of a hydrocarbon molecule and directed it to the opposite side, where it reattached.

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Alexander Gelin/LMU Munich

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