Creating a 'Tuning Fork' for Electrons (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Creating a 'Tuning Fork' for Electrons

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Like the classical tuning fork slung from guitar strings in this photo, scientists used a device that worked like a microwave tuning fork to switch a fundamental property of electrons on demand in a silicon-bismuth sample developed at Berkeley Lab.

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Credit: Flickr/Pierre Guinoiseau

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