Demonstration of One-Atom Detection

Achievement of the ultimate in analytical sensitivity -- the detection of one atom and its reactions with other matter -- has been reported by scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).  Examining the experimental setup used in the one-atom detection are (from left): G. Samuel Hurst, Jack P. Young, and Munir Hasan Nayfeh, all members of ORNL's atomic physics and laser research group., Credit Line: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection
Abstract/Description: Achievement of the ultimate in analytical sensitivity -- the detection of one atom and its reactions with other matter -- has been reported by scientists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Examining the experimental setup used in the one-atom detection are (from left): G. Samuel Hurst, Jack P. Young, and Munir Hasan Nayfeh, all members of ORNL's atomic physics and laser research group.
Subject(s): Equipment and supplies
Instruments
Experiment--physics
Hurst, G. S. (George Samuel), 1927-
Young, Jack P., 1929-
Nayfeh, Munir H. (Munir Hasan)
Credit Line: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Physics Today Collection
Catalog ID: Hurst G Samuel F1