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Ultrafast stop and go

Nature Nanotechnology volume 2, pages 675–676 (2007)Cite this article

Theoretical physicists have predicted that ultrashort laser pulses can be used to drive electrical currents through single molecules, and also to stop currents in molecular junctions.

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Figure 1: A laser produces an ultrafast current pulse in a molecular wire.

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