Intersecting Laser Beam Testing (IMAGE)

Rice University

Intersecting Laser Beam Testing

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Using ultracold lithium atoms confined by intersecting laser beams, physicists from Rice University and the University of Geneva confirmed a 1963 prediction that the charge wave from an excited electron moves faster in a one-dimensional electron gas as interaction strength between the electrons increases.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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