In the past 20 years, we have reached a broad understanding of many light-driven
phenomena in nanoscale systems. The temporal dynamics of the excited states are instead …

Laser excitation of nanometer-sized atomic and molecular clusters offers various
opportunities to explore and control ultrafast many-particle dynamics. Whereas weak laser …

We demonstrate the ultrafast generation of electrons from tailored metallic nanoparticles and
unravel the role of plasmonic field enhancement in this process by comparing resonant and …

Collective electron motion in condensed matter typically unfolds on a sub-femtosecond
timescale. The well-defined electric field evolution of intense, phase-stable few-cycle laser …

The unique conditions forming atomic and molecular complexes and clusters using
superfluid helium nanodroplets have opened up an innovative route for studying the …

The interaction of intense extreme ultraviolet femtosecond laser pulses (λ= 32.8 nm) from the
FLASH free electron laser (FEL) with clusters has been investigated by means of …

The field of nanoscience was pioneered in the 1980s with the groundbreaking research on
clusters, which later led to the discovery of fullerenes. Handbook of Nanophysics: Clusters …

We investigate plateau and cutoff structures in photoelectron spectra from nanoscale metal
tips interacting with few-cycle near-infrared laser pulses. These hallmarks of electron …

Strong-field laser-matter interactions in nanoscale targets offer unique avenues for the
generation and detailed characterization of matter under extreme conditions. Field-driven …

The high field strength of femtosecond laser pulses leads to nonlinear effects during the
interaction with condensed matter. One such effect is the ablation process, which can be …