Crossings of electronic potential energy surfaces in nuclear configuration space, known as
conical intersections, determine the rates and outcomes of a large class of photochemical …

In the past decade, mid-infrared (MIR) few-cycle lasers have attracted remarkable research
efforts for their applications in strong-field physics, MIR spectroscopy, and bio-medical …

High-harmonic generation (HHG) has recently been extended to solids, enabling all-optical
reconstruction of electron band structure. However, material absorption of above-the …

High-energy phase-stable sub-cycle mid-infrared pulses can provide unique opportunities to
explore phase-sensitive strong-field light–matter interactions in atoms, molecules and solids …

Mid-infrared ultrashort high energy laser sources are opening up new opportunities in
science, including keV-class high harmonic generation and monoenergetic MeV-class …

The demand for and usage of broadband coherent mid-infrared sources, such as those
provided by synchrotron facilities, are growing. Since most organic molecules exhibit …

The generation of intense mid-infrared (mid-IR) optical pulses with customizable shape and
spectra spanning a multiple-octave range of vibrational frequencies is an elusive …

The availability of intense, ultrashort coherent radiation sources in the infrared region of the
spectrum is enabling the generation of attosecond X-ray pulses via high-harmonic …

When coupled to characteristic, fingerprint vibrational and rotational motions of molecules,
an electromagnetic field with an appropriate frequency and waveform offers a highly …

We present a characterization of the combined spatial and spectral properties of the
terahertz (THz) and mid-infrared emission from gas plasmas generated and driven by two …