Could Quantum Tunneling Be Measured By The Attosecond? New Research Leads The Way
Sunday, July 20, 2008 - 22:28
in Physics & Chemistry
Experimental physicists have described how circularly polarized light can be used to measure events in the attosecond range. A measurement of this kind could perhaps soon give an experimental answer to the question of whether a measurable tunneling time of electrons as a result of the tunneling effect really exists -- one of the big unsolved riddles of physics.