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National Research Council Canada
The NRC and uOttawa capture the first-ever
holographic images of the quantum wave
function of an electron
From National Research Council Canada
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The “perfect” experiment using Regards,
attosecond technology
Paul Squires
For the first time ever, physicists from three continents Canadian Aeronautical Preservation Association /
have been able to completely measure and describe the Association Canadienne de Conservation Aeronautique
quantum-mechanical wave function of an ionized electron 300 Centre-on-the-Park
by using attosecond science techniques. th
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This breakthrough was made by physicists from the Wetaskiwin, Alberta
National Research Council of Canada (NRC) and the T9A 0T4
University of Ottawa in Canada, the Max-Born Institute for Ph: 1-780-352-9234
Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy in Germany, Fx: 1-780-352-9211
and Waseda University in Japan.
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“Attosecond research is still in its infancy,” says Canadian e-mail: Paul@capa-acca.com
research lead Dr. David Villeneuve, Research Officer at the
NRC and adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa. “It is
only because of very recent developments in quantum
photonics that experiments of this kind have become
possible. Attosecond experiments allow us to view at the
quantum level the electrons within atoms and molecules.”
The experiment demonstrates a fundamental property of
quantum mechanics. By capturing the first-ever holographic
images of the quantum wave function of an electron, the
physicists have highlighted the exquisite control of the
quantum state of an atom that can be achieved with state-
of-the-art attosecond science, and show how attosecond
science techniques are currently revolutionizing ultrafast
laser physics research.
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An attosecond is one quintillionth of a second (1x10 of a
second), roughly equivalent to the relationship between
one second and the age of the universe. Attosecond light
pulses can profoundly change the states of matter. Results
of this research are published in tomorrow’s edition of the