Attosecond laser provides first 'movie' of fast electrons jumping band-gap of semiconductor
Thursday, December 11, 2014 - 14:20
in Physics & Chemistry
The entire semiconductor industry, not to mention Silicon Valley, is built on the propensity of electrons in silicon to get kicked out of their atomic shells and become free. These mobile electrons are routed and switched though transistors, carrying the digital information that characterizes our age.