Tool Reveals Mechanism Behind High-Temperature Superconductivity

The atomic vibrations in a material and its electrons are much closely bound than previously thought

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An animation shows how an infrared laser beam (orange) triggers atomic vibrations in a thin layer of iron selenide, which are then recorded by ultrafast X-ray laser pulses to create an ultrafast movie
An animation shows how an infrared laser beam (orange) triggers atomic vibrations in a thin layer of iron selenide, which are then recorded by ultrafast X-ray laser pulses to create an ultrafast movie.
Greg Stewart/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory