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

Femtosecond laser pulses have proven to provide valuable insight into the dynamics of
microscopic systems by using pump–probe techniques. Applied to atomic clusters even a …

Laser-plasma physics has developed rapidly over the past few decades as lasers have
become both more powerful and more widely available. Early experimental and numerical …

Our molecular dynamics analysis of Xe 147–5083 clusters identifies two mechanisms that
contribute to the yet unexplained observation of extremely highly charged ions in intense …

There are various ways to analyze the dynamical response of clusters and molecules to
electromagnetic perturbations. Particularly rich information can be obtained from measuring …

All matter exposed to intense femtosecond x-ray pulses from the Linac Coherent Light
Source free-electron laser is strongly ionized on time scales competing with the inner-shell …

We investigate electron-ion recombination in nanoplasmas produced by the ionization of
rare-gas clusters with intense femtosecond extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) pulses. The relaxation …

The ionization dynamics of Ar and Xe clusters irradiated with intense vacuum ultraviolet light
from a free-electron laser is investigated using photoelectron spectroscopy. Clusters …

Rare-gas or metal clusters are known to absorb laser energy very efficiently. Upon cluster
expansion, the Mie plasma frequency may become equal to the laser frequency. This linear …

We study the ionization dynamics of Ar clusters exposed to ultrashort near-infrared (NIR)
laser pulses for intensities well below the threshold at which tunnel ionization ignites …