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Ultrafast dynamic imaging

Attosecond electron wave packets produced during the interaction between strong optical fields and atoms provide rich information about the quantum states of their parent ions, in the form of scattered electrons or emitted photons that have attosecond temporal resolution and ångström spatial resolution.

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Figure 1: The three-step model of HHG.

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Midorikawa, K. Ultrafast dynamic imaging. Nature Photon 5, 640–641 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2011.265

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