Attosecond time-resolved electron dynamics in the hydrogen molecule

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 520-530

  Sansone, Giuseppe ^a,c   Kelkensberg, Freek ^b   Morales, Felipe ^c   Perez Torres J F ^d   Martin F ^d   Vrakking, Marc J J ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

^c MAX BORN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

laser and electrooptics; Lasers; optics; ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

ATTOSECOND RESOLUTION; ATTOSECONDS; BORN-OPPENHEIMER APPROXIMATION; COMPUTATIONAL POWER; ELECTRON DYNAMICS; ELECTRON MOTION; EXTREME ULTRAVIOLETS; HYDROGEN MOLECULE; NUCLEAR MOTIONS; QUANTUM NATURE; THEORETICAL MODELS; THEORETICAL RESULT; TIME CONTROL; TIME-RESOLVED; TIME-SCALES; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; DYNAMICS; FREE ELECTRON LASERS; HYDROGEN; LASERS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULES; OPTICS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 84856954895     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2011.2155624     Document Type: Article

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