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Attosecond Quantum Stroboscope
Author(s) -
Paulus Gerhard G.,
Stania Gernot
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200800673
Subject(s) - attosecond , quantum , physics , stroboscope , electron , diffraction , wave packet , field (mathematics) , optics , atomic physics , laser , ultrashort pulse , quantum mechanics , mathematics , pure mathematics
Electron disco: A “quantum stroboscope” for capturing the electron motion on a subfemtosecond timescale for a particular class of problems is highlighted. The picture shows a diffraction pattern caused by wave packets obtained by synchronizing attosecond UV pulses to a near‐IR field and ionizing rare‐gas atoms.