Exciton detected in metal for first time: Microscopic quantum mechanical description of how light excites electrons in metals
Monday, June 2, 2014 - 03:02
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists have detected a fundamental particle of light-matter interaction in metals, the exciton for the first time. Humankind has used reflection of light from a metal mirror on a daily basis for millennia, but the quantum mechanical magic behind this familiar phenomenon is only now being uncovered.