Fano effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The polarization of the spin of electrons produced when alkali atoms absorb circularly polarized light; any of several similar quantum optical effects

Word forms

Fano effect Fano effects

Etymology

For Ugo Fano, Italian physicist.

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