The Femtosecond Laser System fires laser pulses in femtoseconds - billionths of a second. Its ability to measure how quickly an electron cools down is helping the development of hot electron solar cells, which could significantly increase the power output of solar cells.
This Femtosecond Laser System, residing at the Molecular Photonics Laboratories at UNSW, fires laser pulses in femtoseconds - billionths of a second. Its ability to measure how quickly an electron cools down is helping the development of hot electron solar cells, which could significantly increase the power output of solar cells. For more info on the Molecular Photonics Laboratories check out the website: http://www.chemistry.unsw.edu.au/research/research-groups/schmidt-group