Attosecond real-time observation of electron tunnelling in atoms

Nature

Volumn 446, Issue 7136, 2007, Pages 627-632

  Uiberacker, M ^a,b   Uphues, Th ^c   Schultze, M ^b   Verhoef, A J ^b,d   Yakovlev, V ^a   Kling, M F ^e   Rauschenberger, J ^a,b   Kabachnik, N M ^c,f   Schroder H ^b   Lezius, M ^b   Kompa, K L ^b   Muller, H G ^e   Vrakking, M J J ^e   Hendel, S ^c   Kleineberg, U ^a   Heinzmann, U ^c   Drescher, M ^g   Krausz, F ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^c BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^e FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^f MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; IONIZATION; LIGHT INTENSITY; REAL TIME; RESOLUTION;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ION TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEMBRANE BINDING; MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34247180255     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05648     Document Type: Article

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