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Advanced Photonics, Volume. 5, Issue 6, 060501(2023)

Shining the shortest flashes of light on the secret life of electrons

Margarita Khokhlova, Emilio Pisanty^*, and Amelle Zaïr

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King’s College London, Department of Physics, London, United Kingdom

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Published Online: Nov. 13, 2023

The Author Email: Emilio Pisanty (emilio.pisanty@kcl.ac.uk)

DOI:10.1117/1.AP.5.6.060501

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