Open AccessNonlinear-Optical Probe for Ultrafast Electron Dynamics: From Quantum Physics to Biosciences
Author(s) -
Aleksei Zheltikov
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
ieee photonics journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1943-0655
pISSN - 1943-0647
DOI - 10.1109/jphot.2011.2142180
Subject(s) - engineered materials, dielectrics and plasmas , photonics and electrooptics
Recent discoveries in ultrafast optical science and advances in laser technologies offer unique tools for probing the extremely fast dynamics of bound and free electrons, giving the key to identifying the key scenarios and understanding the decisive early episodes of light-induced processes in physics, chemistry, and biology.