Uncovering the Auger-Meitner effect's crucial role in electron energy loss

Uncovering the Auger-Meitner effect's crucial role in electron energy loss

by James Badham, University of California - Santa Barbara

AUGUST 7, 2023

The Van De Walle research group uncovered the crucial role of the Auger-Meitner effect, a mechanism that allows an electron to lose energy by kicking another electron up to a higher-energy state.

More information: Fangzhou Zhao et al, Trap-Assisted Auger-Meitner Recombination from First Principles, Physical Review Letters (2023). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.131.056402

Journal information: Physical Review Letters 

The trap-assisted Auger-Meitner effect allows for energy to be transferred to another electron. Photo credit: Fangzhou Zhao