Attosecond science articles within Nature

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  22 May 2024 | Open Access

  Capturing electron-driven chiral dynamics in UV-excited molecules

  Time-resolved photoelectron circular dichroism with a temporal resolution of 2.9 fs is used to track the ultrafast electron dynamics following ultraviolet excitation of neutral chiral molecules, which generate chiral currents that exhibit periodic rotation direction reversal.

  • Vincent Wanie
  • , Etienne Bloch
  •  & Francesca Calegari

• Article | 12 July 2022

  Attosecond spectroscopy of size-resolved water clusters

  Attosecond size-resolved cluster spectroscopy is introduced and the effect that the addition of single water molecules has is measured, indicating a direct link between electronic structure and attosecond photoionization dynamics.

  • Xiaochun Gong
  • , Saijoscha Heck
  •  & Hans Jakob Wörner

• Article | 24 February 2021

  Experimental demonstration of the mechanism of steady-state microbunching

  The mechanism of steady-state electron microbunching is demonstrated, providing a basis that will enable its full implementation in electron storage rings to generate high-repetition, high-power coherent radiation.

  • Xiujie Deng
  • , Alexander Chao
  •  & Lixin Yan

• Letter | 18 March 2019

  Attosecond angular streaking and tunnelling time in atomic hydrogen

  Simulation and measurement of the photoionization of atomic hydrogen at attosecond resolution confirm that the tunnelling of the ejected electron is instantaneous.

  • U. Satya Sainadh
  • , Han Xu
  •  & I. V. Litvinyuk

• Letter | 19 September 2018

  Absolute timing of the photoelectric effect

  The absolute timing of the photoelectric effect has proved difficult to measure, but the delay between photon arrival at a tungsten surface and ejection of photoelectrons has now been determined.

  • M. Ossiander
  • , J. Riemensberger
  •  & R. Kienberger