The Ye group has not only made two invisible rulers of extreme ultraviolet (XUV) light, but also figured out how to observe them with ordinary laboratory electronics. With this setup, the researchers were able to prove that the two rulers had extraordinarily long phase-coherence time. This feat is so profound, it is nearly certain to transform the investigation of matter with extreme ultraviolet light, according to Ye’s colleagues in precision measurement and laser science. This research was reported online in Nature Photonics this week.
Invisible Rulers of Light
Artist's conception of a pair of extreme ultraviolet frequency combs (invisible rulers of light) capable of measuring subatomic structures such as atomic nuclei and electrons.
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The Ye group and Steve Burrows, JILA
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06/22/2014
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