Attosecond light pulses for observing electron correlations in atoms

Improvements in ultra short pulse generation

Attosecond in Atoms/Molecules

Atomic photography

Electron motions in atoms

Atom or molecule ?

Energy levels of Li+(3l3l’)

Correlated motions, 2s2 1Se and 2p2 1Se

How can we see the correlated electron motion ?

Visualization of electron correlations

2 e coincidence measurement

Bending vibration

Vibrational motion, Tomographic imaging

Rotational motion

Detailed structure in
momentum space

Rotation + Vibration

Pump-probe experiments

Summary

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Control/Manipulate wavepacket

selective excitations