Pump Pulse (IMAGE)

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie

Pump Pulse

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A pump pulse promotes the molecule's electrons to an excited state and with probe pulses the binding energy of the excited electrons can be measured. However, pump-probe laser experiments are only feasible under ultra-high vacuum.

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