2024-04-22
New key to the world of quantum mechanics: the intensity of light affects electrons’ kinetic energy
Particles, sometimes a long way from one another, can be entangled. This strange phenomenon completely confounds our intuition, but the explanation for it has been provided through quantum mechanics. Researchers at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering (LTH) show in a new study that entanglement can also be created in a new way, with the help of intense light, and that they can change the kinetic energy of electrons by using this method. This creates new understanding of the photoelectric effect.