Laser-Induced Motions of Atoms (IMAGE)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Laser-Induced Motions of Atoms

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This is a visualization of laser-induced motions of atoms (black and yellow spheres) in a molybdenum disulfide monolayer: The laser pulse creates wrinkles with large amplitudes -- more than 15 percent of the layer's thickness -- that develop in a trillionth of a second.

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K.-A. Duerloo/Stanford

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