New method works in ambient air and facilitates a direct measurement of the field waveform
Imaging Electrons in Rapid Motion
Observing quantum interferences in real-time using a new extreme ultra-violet light spectroscopy technique
An Ultrafast Microscope for the Quantum World
Processes in electronic components or in molecules are filmed at a resolution of a few hundred attoseconds and down to the individual atom
A Picture of a Light Pulse
Tiny crystals help to measure the shape of the laser light wave with high accuracy
Unfazed by Phase Shifts
A novel type of detector enables the oscillation profile of light waves to be precisely determined
Fast Switching with Tailored Light Waves
New way of transporting electrons at times below the femtosecond range by manipulating them with light
A Momentous View on the Birth of Photoelectrons
The first sub-femtosecond study of the linear photon momentum transfer during an ionisation
Looking on Attosecond Electron Motions with an X-Ray Laser
New method will provide sharp views of electrons in chemical processes that drive crucial aspects of life
Steering Electrons with Light
Electrons in transition metals get redistributed within a fraction of an optical oscillation cycle
Light-Wave Dynamic Control of Magnetism
For the first time ever, physicists changed the magnetic moment of a material using a light wave within one femtosecond