Electrons get real

Manfred Lein ()
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Manfred Lein: Manfred Lein is at the Centre for Quantum Engineering and Space-Time Technology and at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, Leibniz Universität Hannover, 30167 Hanover, Germany.

Nature, 2012, vol. 485, issue 7398, 313-314

Abstract: Strong laser fields allow electrons to tunnel out of atoms. The response of such electrons to a second laser field supports the idea that they start tunnelling at a time defined by a complex number, but exit atoms at a 'real' time. See Letter p.343

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1038/485313a

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