Direct observation of electron dynamics in the attosecond domain

Nature

Volumn 436, Issue 7049, 2005, Pages 373-376

  Fohlisch A ^a   Feulner, P ^b   Hennies, F ^a   Fink, A ^b   Menzel, D ^b   Sanchez Portal, D ^c   Echenique, P M ^c   Wurth, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER PULSES; PROBES; PUMPING (LASER); SOLAR CELLS;

CORE-HOLE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON DYNAMICS; LASER PUMP-PROBE; PROBE PULSE TRACKING;

ELECTRONS;

PHYSICS;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOMETRY; LASER; LIGHT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY ANALYSIS;

EID: 23044452135     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03833     Document Type: Article

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