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Physics at the attosecond frontier

Ultrashort laser pulses allow physicists and chemists to watch fast molecular motion as it happens. But many fundamental atomic processes are even faster and require the shortest pulses ever created.

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Figure 1: Generating and using attosecond laser pulses.

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Silberberg, Y. Physics at the attosecond frontier. Nature 414, 494–495 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35107171

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