attosecond

English

Etymology

From atto- +‎ second.

Noun

attosecond (plural attoseconds)

1. (metrology) An SI unit of time equal to 10⁻¹⁸ seconds. Symbol: as
   • 2011, Barry Allen, Superman 709‎^[1]:

     I can think at the speed of light, I can perceive events that last for less than an attosecond, I can run faster than time. What do I see when I run across the country, Superman? I see everything. And everyone.

   • 2017, D. E. Rivas, A. Borot, D. E. Cardenas, G. Marcus, X. Gu, D. Herrmann, J. Xu, J. Tan, D. Kormin, G. Ma, W. Dallari, G. D. Tsakiris, I. B. Földes, S.-w. Chou, M. Weidman, B. Bergues, T. Wittmann, H. Schröder, P. Tzallas, D. Charalambidis, O. Razskazovskaya, V. Pervak, F. Krausz, L. Veisz, “Next Generation Driver for Attosecond and Laser-plasma Physics”, in Scientific Reports, volume 7, →DOI:

     The observation and manipulation of electron dynamics in matter call for attosecond light pulses, routinely available from high-order harmonic generation driven by few-femtosecond lasers.

Synonyms

• as

Translations

unit of time, equal to 10⁻¹⁸ second

• Dutch: attoseconde (nl) f
• Georgian: ატოსეკუნდი (aṭoseḳundi), ატოწამი (aṭoc̣ami)
• Hungarian: attoszekundum
• Polish: attosekunda f

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