K-State's fast laser research and theory building on Einsten's work by timing electrons emissions
Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 10:42
in Physics & Chemistry
Ultrafast laser research at Kansas State University has allowed physicists to build on Nobel Prize-winning work in photo-electronics by none other than Albert Einstein. Einstein received the Nobel Prize in 1921 for his theoretical explanation in 1905 of the so-called photo-effect -- that is, the emission of electrons from a metal surface by incident light.
