Potential Tool For Selectively Manipulating Electron Spins In New Technologies Arises Unexpectedly
Saturday, May 31, 2008 - 23:21
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers trying to flip the spin of electrons with laser bursts lasting picoseconds (a trillionth of a second) instead found a way to manipulate and control the spin -- knowledge that may prove useful in a variety of new materials and technologies.