Attosecond Experimental Chamber (IMAGE)

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Attosecond Experimental Chamber

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The photoemission of electrons by an attosecond light pulse (blue beam) is time resolved by controlling the electron motion with an ultrashort visible laser pulse (shown as red beam). This attosecond streaking uncovers that electrons from different atomic orbitals are released with a delay comparable to the atomic unit of time.

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Photograph: Thorsten Naeser / Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics

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