ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Attoclock

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Attoclock is a noun meaning (physics) A device that can measure time intervals of the order of attoseconds.

Meaning

(physics) A device that can measure time intervals of the order of attoseconds.

Example Sentences

Tunneling time, formulated in various different forms due to the absence of a time operator in quantum theory, has been measured recently in experiments based on the attoclock in ultrafast laser ionization of Helium atoms [A.~Landsman {\it et al.}, Optica {\bf 1}, 343 (2014)].

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Related dictionary entries include attosecond, clocking, timer, microtime, clock, chronometer.

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