Abstract
Conventional electronics has reached over the past few years a fundamental limit, which restricts the clock speed from significantly exceeding 3.5 GHz [1, 2] (see Fig. 1.1). To overcome this limitation, the control of electronic motion in signal processing by light pulses has been proposed [3] and called lightwave electronics. The period of light lies on the order of 1 fs, which would allow clock speeds 5-6 orders of magnitude faster than current state-of-the-art conventional electronics.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2016 Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Schötz, J. (2016). Introduction. In: Attosecond Experiments on Plasmonic Nanostructures. BestMasters. Springer Spektrum, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-13713-7_1
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-13713-7_1
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer Spektrum, Wiesbaden
Print ISBN: 978-3-658-13712-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-658-13713-7
eBook Packages: Physics and AstronomyPhysics and Astronomy (R0)