Light Crystal Interactions (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter

Light Crystal Interactions

Caption

 Illuminating the crystal with light with a built-in sense of rotation (white beam) reveals regions where the star-of-David clusters adopt opposite orientations (shown in red and blue) and uncovers how the collective motion of the quantum phase and atomic vibrations interact with each other.

Credit

Jörg M. Harms

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