Noise-free spectroscopy: Reversing the problem clarifies molecular structure
Friday, December 23, 2011 - 10:10
in Physics & Chemistry
Optical techniques enable us to examine single molecules, but do we really understand what we are seeing? After all, the fuzziness caused by effects such as light interference makes these images very difficult to interpret. Researchers have now adopted a "reverse" approach to spectroscopy which cleaned up images by eliminating background noise.