2023

Insights on the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023 from the perspective of the CFEL Attosecond Science group

15 December 2023

New publication in Science Advances

13 December 2023

Time-resolving state-specific molecular dissociation with XUV broadband absorption spectroscopy

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Ana Oliveira joins the group

30 November 2023

Welcome Ana!

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Niclas Graf - Successful Defense of his Bachelor's Thesis

08 December 2023

Congratulations on your Bachelor's thesis defense!

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Sabine Rockenstein - Successful Defense of her Master's Thesis

29 November 2023

Congratulations on your Master's thesis defense!

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Keerthana Ravi joins the group

14 November 2023

Welcome Keerthana!

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New publication in Biomedical Optics Express

19 October 2023

In this research article entitled “X-ray generation by fs-laser processing of biological material”, Andrea Trabattoni and collaborators form the Leibniz Universität Hannover investigated the generation of X-ray radiation during the ablation process of a large range of materials by ultrashort infrared laser pulses.

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Attosecond Science and the Nobel Prize in Physics 2023

06 October 2023

On October 3rd, 2023, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded “for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter”.

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New publication in Communications Chemistry

06 September 2023

In this commentary article entitled 'Open questions in attochemistry', Prof. Francesca Calegari from DESY and Prof. Fernando Martín from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid describe a new way of doing chemistry—attochemistry—by directly acting on electronic motion and discuss a few key open questions in this emerging field.

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Oliviero Cannelli joins the group

16 August 2023

Welcome Oliviero!

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Incomparably faster than the blink of an eye: ultrashort laser pulses follow molecules in motion

07 July 2023

Francesca Calegari is a new CUI spokesperson

17 May 2023

Prof. Franscesca Calegari is a new spokesperson of the Cluster of Excellence "CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter". Together with Prof. Henry Chapman and Prof. Klaus Sengstock, she will present the cluster to the outside world and help prepare the future strategy.

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Dispersion-engineered multi-pass cell for single-stage post-compression of an ytterbium laser

29 March 2023

A post-compression method using a compact single-stage gas-based multi-pass cell (MPC) was developed in order to overcome spectral broadening limitations, allowing us to approach the few-cycle regime for Ytterbium laser technologies. This new paper has been published in Optics Letters.

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New perspectives in time-resolved laser-induced electron diffraction

23 February 2023

In this review paper, published in J. Phys. B, we discussed the main achievements of LIED research in terms of experimental results and advanced modeling; and envision interesting perspectives toward the future advancement of time-resolved LIED imaging.

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