Magnetrons
- ID-nummer
- 2018.009.001
- Titel
- Magnetrons
- Objektkategori
- Vetenskapliga instrument, material & modeller
- Publik beskrivning
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Even in his youth, Arthur Ashkin was fascinated by the possibility of moving objects using light. In the early 1940s, he worked on building magnetrons for the U.S. military radar system. Magnetrons produce microwaves, which, like visual light, are a form of electromagnetic radiation. Ashkin tried to move objects using radiation but did not achieve any unequivocal results. Many years later, he succeeded by using laser light instead. These experiments gave rise to optical tweezers.
Arthur Ashkin donated the magnetrons to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2018. - Location
- Permanent exhibition
- Pristagare
- Arthur Ashkin
Part of Magnetrons