Light makes atoms behave like electromagnetic coils

• 成果类型: Editorial Material
• 署名作者: Romao, Carl P.; Juraschek, Dominik M.
• 署名单位: Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology Domain; ETH Zurich; Tel Aviv University
• 刊物名称: Nature
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0028-4964
• DOI: 10.1038/d41586-024-00889-w
• 发表日期: 2024-04-18
• 页码: 505-506
• 关键词: angular-momentum; chiral phonons

摘要

Microscopic magnetic fields form in non-magnetic materials when light makes the atoms rotate. A similar macroscopic effect has long been known, but proof of its atomic equivalent could give rise to ultrafast data processing.