Key Findings: Evidence of Polarons (IMAGE)

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Key Findings: Evidence of Polarons

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Key findings: This illustration shows how the arrangement of atoms in the crystal lattice (e.g., oxygen, shown in green) and the electron cloud shapes both shift to try to accommodate one another in a push-me, pull-you arrangement. This intermediate stage in response to the laser pulse energy kick is part of a two-step relaxation process that proves the existence of polarons.

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