Quantum Electronics: Tunneling Effect In Strong Laser Field Interaction Under Attack
Saturday, December 27, 2008 - 22:42
in Physics & Chemistry
Physicists have worked on the quantum physics description of the tunneling effect for 60 years. The group has now for the first time succeeded in measuring time intervals that enable the direct measurement of the tunneling time of electrons in laser-induced ionization. No corresponding delay was measured in the experiment: something that astonished many physicists. An established but perhaps over-simplified explanatory model begins to look shaky.