Phys.org   April 12, 2022 Researchers in Germany have realized a method to affect and measure the effective exchange interaction between several electrons bound in a molecule with two differently colored laser pulses. Using soft X-ray light, they excited an electron deeply bound to the sulfur atom in a sulfur hexafluoride molecule, thereby extending its radius of motion to the entire molecule for a short time before it leaves the molecule. Due to the spin-orbit interaction of the deeply bound electrons remaining there, the hole formed at the sulfur atom thereby produces a characteristic double structure of two lines measurable in […]