Bloch oscillation

English

Etymology

Named after the physicist Felix Bloch.

Noun

Bloch oscillation (countable and uncountable, plural Bloch oscillations)

  1. (physics) In solid-state physics, the oscillation of a particle (e.g. an electron) confined in a periodic potential when a constant force is acting on it.
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