Attosecond (Noun)
Meaning
One quintillionth (10^-18) of a second; one thousandth of a femtosecond.
Classification
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations.
Examples
- Physicists successfully measured the extremely short duration of an attosecond pulse generated by ionizing atoms with intense laser light.
- Using advanced technology, the researchers were able to observe chemical reactions unfolding in the incredibly brief timeframe of an attosecond.
- This new scientific breakthrough will allow researchers to capture reactions in real-time by generating attosecond pulses to study these processes in extreme detail.
- A highly specialized device has been created to produce and measure attosecond light pulses with very high accuracy and precision.
- Researchers have been able to study chemical reactions at the atomic level by examining how they progress over just a few hundred attoseconds.