Plasma waves — collective oscillations of electrons on a background of heavier, stationary ions — are intrinsic characteristics of plasmas. The oscillating electrons lead to a charge separation in the ...
To design future quantum technologies, scientists pinpoint how microwaves interact with matter. Tiny moving particles make up everything in our physical world -- including modern electronics, whose ...
An illustration of electron-phonon coupling between valence and conduction states in momentum and real space. Credit: Cmelni/Wikimedia Commons. commons.wikimedia.org ...
On the move: strontium atoms in an atomic clock. (Courtesy: Steven Burrows and Ye Group/JILA) An optical atomic clock has been used by physicists in the US to study the effects of spin–orbit coupling.