Ultraviolet Pump and Extreme-Ultraviolet Probe Achieve About 3 fs Time Resolution
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A team led by Politecnico di Milano has developed a new instrument that tracks the coupled motion of electrons and atomic nuclei in molecules after light absorption with about 3 fs time resolution. The instrument combines synchronized ultraviolet pump pulses with attosecond extreme-ultraviolet probe pulses. In experiments on acetylacetone, the team resolved two successive passages of the molecule through a conical intersection.
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A team led by Politecnico di Milano has developed a new setup that tracks the coupled motion of electrons and atomic nuclei after a molecule absorbs light, with a time resolution of about 3 fs. The setup combines synchronized UV pump pulses with attosecond extreme-ultraviolet probe pulses, resolving two successive passages through a conical intersection in experiments on acetylacetone.
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