Intense ultrashort light pulses comprising merely a few wave cycles became routinely
available by the turn of the millennium. The technologies underlying their production and …

The motion of electrons on the atomic scale has been hidden from direct experimental
access until recently. We review the revolution in technology that opened the door to real …

Strong-field physics is currently experiencing a shift towards the use of mid-IR driving
wavelengths. This is because they permit conducting experiments unambiguously in the …

Molecular structure is usually determined by measuring the diffraction pattern the molecule
impresses on x-rays or electrons. We used a laser field to extract electrons from the …

By analyzing accurate theoretical results from solving the time-dependent Schrödinger
equation of atoms in few-cycle laser pulses, we established the general conclusion that …

When molecules are subject to intense laser pulses, electrons can be detached, accelerated
and driven back to the molecule, resulting in electron–ion recollisions. Recolliding electrons …

When an atom or molecule is exposed to a short intense laser pulse, electrons that were
removed at an earlier time may be driven back by the oscillating electric field of the laser to …

Experiments on the sub-femtosecond time scale performed in recent years and their
theoretical background are reviewed in this article. We present the essentials of the …

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High harmonic generation (HHG) from gas-phase atoms (or molecules) has opened up a
new frontier in ultrafast optics, where attosecond time resolution and angstrom spatial …