Hearing the Heartbeat of Atoms: Unveiling Attosecond Horizons
The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics spotlights the techniques to generate attosecond light pulses. The generation of attosecond pulses heralds a new era in understanding electron dynamics. This perspective traces the evolution of ultrafast science, from early microwave electronics to the recent breakthr...
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| description | The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics spotlights the techniques to generate attosecond light pulses. The generation of attosecond pulses heralds a new era in understanding electron dynamics. This perspective traces the evolution of ultrafast science, from early microwave electronics to the recent breakthroughs in attosecond pulse generation and measurement. Key milestones, such as high harmonic generation, the RABBITT method, attosecond streaking camera, etc, illuminate our journey toward capturing the transient electron motions in atoms. Recent discoveries, including zeptosecond delays in H2 single-photon double ionization and the potential of attosecond “electron” pulses despite challenges, etc., hint at an exciting future for ultrafast studies. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-746ef5e8f1ad4a819def92c8e6551f8b2023-11-17T15:45:06ZengAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)Ultrafast Science2765-87912023-01-01310.34133/ultrafastscience.0049Hearing the Heartbeat of Atoms: Unveiling Attosecond HorizonsJing Li0Yunquan Liu1State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics spotlights the techniques to generate attosecond light pulses. The generation of attosecond pulses heralds a new era in understanding electron dynamics. This perspective traces the evolution of ultrafast science, from early microwave electronics to the recent breakthroughs in attosecond pulse generation and measurement. Key milestones, such as high harmonic generation, the RABBITT method, attosecond streaking camera, etc, illuminate our journey toward capturing the transient electron motions in atoms. Recent discoveries, including zeptosecond delays in H2 single-photon double ionization and the potential of attosecond “electron” pulses despite challenges, etc., hint at an exciting future for ultrafast studies.https://spj.science.org/doi/10.34133/ultrafastscience.0049 |
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| title | Hearing the Heartbeat of Atoms: Unveiling Attosecond Horizons |
| title_full | Hearing the Heartbeat of Atoms: Unveiling Attosecond Horizons |
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| title_short | Hearing the Heartbeat of Atoms: Unveiling Attosecond Horizons |
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