Resolving attosecond processes via high harmonic generation

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Abstract

Over the last five decades laser technology has been able to compress optical pulse duration by several orders of magnitudes. During the past decade it has been established that the interaction of intense laser pulses with atoms or molecules can lead to the generation of XUV pulses and energetic electron pulses with attosecond duration1 (1 attosecond1018 second). This discovery has opened a window into a new time regime previously inaccessible. The advent of this new technology enables the investigation of new fields of time resolved studies in which the observation of fast electronic dynamics can be attained. The study of new areas of science, such as time resolved measurements of multi-electron dynamics and imaging molecular and nuclear dynamics, has consequently become accessible.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
Subtitle of host publicationLaser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011
StatePublished - 2011
Event2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2011 - Baltimore, MD, United States
Duration: 1 May 20116 May 2011

Publication series

Name2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011

Conference

Conference2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBaltimore, MD
Period1/05/116/05/11

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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