Schematic Representation Of Zeptosecond Measurement (IMAGE)

Goethe University Frankfurt

Schematic Representation Of Zeptosecond Measurement

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The photon (yellow, coming from the left) produces electron waves out of the electron cloud (grey) of the hydrogen molecule (red: nucleus), which interfere with each other (interference pattern: violet-white). The interference pattern is slightly skewed to the right, allowing the calculation of how long the photon required to get from one atom to the next.

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Sven Grundmann, Goethe University Frankfurt

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