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attoclock

attoclock noun: a device that can measure time intervals of the order of attoseconds.

Noun

attoclock (plural attoclocks)

  1. A device that can measure time intervals of the order of attoseconds
    • 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)].2015, Durmus A. Demir, Tugrul Guner, “An Entropic Formulation of Tunneling Time”, in arXiv

Forms of attoclock

pluralattoclocks

Origin of attoclock

From atto- + clock.

Questions about attoclock

What does attoclock mean?
Attoclock means a device that can measure time intervals of the order of attoseconds.
What part of speech is attoclock?
Attoclock is a noun.
What is the plural of attoclock?
The plural of attoclock is attoclocks.

Words near attoclock in the dictionary

  1. attobarn
  2. attobarns
  3. attocell
  4. attocells
  5. Attock
  6. attoclock
  7. attoclocks
  8. attogram
  9. attogramme
  10. attogrammes
  11. attograms

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