Unfazed by Phase Shifts

15th January 2020 by Leave a Comment

A novel type of detector enables the oscillation profile of light waves to be precisely determined

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Development of Nano Microscope Awarded

7th August 2019 by Leave a Comment

Second award goes to researcher investigating nanoparticles with high-energy X-rays

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Peering into Plasma Mirrors

29th April 2019 by Leave a Comment

Refined generation of high-intensity attosecond light pulses on solid surfaces

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Brief Reflections from a Plasma Mirror

7th December 2018 by Leave a Comment

Plasmas consisting of relativistic electrons are used to generate highly intense attosecond laser pulses

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Shaping Electron Bunches with Terahertz Light Pulses

6th September 2018 by Leave a Comment

Specifically-shaped electron pulses for materials studies in the femtosecond and attosecond range

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Molecules Brilliantly Illuminated

30th April 2018 by Leave a Comment

A new high-power laser system generates ultrashort pulses covering a large share of the mid-infrared spectrum.

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Faster Laser-Based X-Ray Imaging

23rd April 2018 by Leave a Comment

Using a novel, laser-based X-ray technique, physicists have imaged a bone sample in three dimensions by microtomography within minutes

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Attoseconds Break Into Atomic Interior

6th March 2018 by Leave a Comment

New laser technology to generate attosecond bursts of high-energy photons of unprecedented intensity

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A Space-Time Sensor for Light-Matter Interactions

7th December 2017 by Leave a Comment

Attosecond pulses allow to observe the motions of electrons in atoms

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How to Control Luminescence of C-Dots

15th November 2017 by Leave a Comment

Optical and photocatalytic properties of carbon dots can be tuned by nitrogen atoms introduced into their structure

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