Wave Function Artist Conception (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Wave Function Artist Conception

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The team has used laser light and optics to construct an image of an atomic wave function (shown in purple). The graphic is an artistic depiction of this process, showing a microscope objective trained on atoms (spheres) suspended in an optical lattice (tall white waves). The team's technique reveals information about an atomic wave function in unprecedented detail.

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E. Edwards/Joint Quantum Institute

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