What Is This Tool?
This converter allows you to transform time values from attoseconds to shakes, bridging extremely fast electronic timescales to nanosecond intervals commonly used in nuclear physics and engineering.
How to Use This Tool?
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Enter the numerical value you want to convert in attoseconds.
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Select attosecond [as] as the input unit and shake as the output unit.
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Click the convert button to view the equivalent time in shakes.
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Use the results to relate ultrafast timings to nanosecond scale intervals in your work.
Key Features
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Simple conversion between attoseconds and shakes based on the formula 1 attosecond = 1e-10 shakes
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Supports use cases in ultrafast science, nuclear physics, and experimental electronics
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Browser-based and user-friendly interface for quick unit conversions
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Handles very small fractional conversion results accurately
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Facilitates cross-disciplinary understanding of time units
Examples
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1 attosecond equals 1 × 10⁻¹⁰ shakes
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10 attoseconds equal 1 × 10⁻⁹ shakes
Common Use Cases
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Characterizing and timing attosecond laser pulses in ultrafast science
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Specifying short delay intervals in nuclear detonation and timing discussions
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Describing prompt-neutron lifetimes and transient events in reactor physics
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Relating electron movement timeframes to nanosecond intervals for experimental physics
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Analyzing pulse widths in high-speed electronics and physics experiments
Tips & Best Practices
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Use this converter to bridge between vastly different time scales from attoseconds to nanoseconds.
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Apply conversion results carefully in contexts where very small fractional times are relevant.
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Understand the informal nature of the shake unit when interpreting results.
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Employ the tool primarily for scientific and engineering contexts requiring precise time measurement relations.
Limitations
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Shake is an informal and approximate unit primarily used in nuclear physics.
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The large scale difference means resultant values can be extremely small and may not suit everyday applications.
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Conversions may be less practical outside specialized research and experimental physics settings.
Frequently Asked Questions
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What is an attosecond used to measure?
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An attosecond measures extremely short time intervals, typically to describe ultrafast electronic motion, laser pulses, and atomic electron dynamics.
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Why is the shake considered an informal unit?
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The shake is called informal because it is an unofficial unit mainly used in nuclear physics to represent short durations around 10 nanoseconds.
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Can this converter be used for everyday time measurements?
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No, this converter is intended for specialized scientific and engineering applications due to the minute timescales involved.
Key Terminology
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Attosecond [as]
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A unit of time equal to one quintillionth of a second (10⁻¹⁸ seconds), used to measure ultrafast processes at electronic scales.
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Shake
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An informal time unit equal to 10 nanoseconds (10⁻⁸ seconds), used mainly in nuclear physics to indicate very short time intervals.
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Pump–probe experiments
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Experiments studying ultrafast photoionization and electronic relaxation processes by using one pulse to excite atoms or molecules and another to probe their response.