Post-Born-Oppenheimer Dynamics Using Isolated Attosecond Pulses
Abstract
One of the most exciting developments in science during the last 20 years has been the invention of new techniques (high harmonic generation) to produce attosecond light pulses in the vacuum ultraviolet and soft xray regime (now providing useable pulses up to 300-500 eV in the X-ray region of the spectrum and as short at 50- 100 attoseconds). Attosecond electron dynamics became a new field of investigation that goes beyond the typical femtosecond timescales of nuclear vibrational, rotational, or bond breaking motions in molecules. The investigationof such ultrashort attosecond timescales focuses on electron dynamics as the principal target. Since electrons are the primary driving force in all of chemistry, attosecond pulses offered the potential of a new frontier in molecular and chemical physics, in which one could directly track and manipulate electron dynamics. This MURI program was designed to address that frontier.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 27, 2021
- Accession Number
- AD1198592
Entities
People
- Stephen R. Leone
Organizations
- University of California, Berkeley