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Ultrafast stop and go

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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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Kohler, S., Hänggi, P. Ultrafast stop and go. Nature Nanotech 2, 675–676 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2007.357

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