Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics

For more than a decade it has been possible for physicists to accurately measure the location of individual atoms to a precision smaller than one-thousandth of a millimeter using a special type of microscope. However, this method has so far only provided the x and y coordinates. Information on the vertical position of the atom is lacking.

Three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for studying how electrons zip around the atom in the tiniest fractions of seconds, a field that could one day lead to better electronics or disease diagnoses.

The Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier for looking at electrons in atoms during the tiniest of split seconds.

A laser pulse hits an electron in a solid. If it receives enough energy from the light wave, it can then move freely through a solid. This phenomenon, which scientists have been exploring since the beginnings of quantum mechanics, is called photoinjection. There are still open questions about how the relevant processes unfold in time.

All it takes is a bit of (very complicated) math.

The Nobel Prize in physics went to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier for looking at electrons in atoms in split seconds.

The scientists look at electrons in atoms during the tiniest of split seconds, giving "humanity new tools for exploring the world of electrons," according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.

A roadmap for the future direction of quantum simulation has been set out in a paper co-authored at the University of Strathclyde.

An international team of laser physicists has achieved unprecedented control over light pulses in the mid-infrared wavelength range.

An experiment conducted on hybrid matter-antimatter atoms has defied researchers' expectations.

In a quantum engine, a single atom can emit radiation that bounces around a reflective cavity and creates enough pressure to push down a piston

A team of experimentalists at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) and theorists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has succeeded for the first time in populating and stabilizing a new type of molecule, so-called field-linked tetratomic molecules. These "supermolecules" are so fragile that they can only exist at ultracold temperatures. Their existence had long been suspected but has never been…

Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L'Huillier split the award for their ability to picture nature in a billionth of a billionth of a second

Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier were honored for experiments that measure how electrons behave.

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Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz, and Anne L'Huillier take the prize in physics