University of Arizona
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Abstract
The 2023 Nobel Prize in physics was awarded for groundbreaking research at the turn of the century that led to the generation and characterization of attosecond pulses of light. Now, attosecond techniques have matured and opened up new applications in the study of atoms, molecules, and materials. In the first half of this talk, I will provide an overview of our table-top experimental work on the coherent manipulation of continuum electron dynamics. Our results on the measurement and control of the lifetimes of metastable states will be discussed. I will also describe the application of Raman electron interferometry scheme to measure the electron wave packet dynamics with high temporal and spectral resolution. In the second part of the talk, I will share information on the construction of a new compact x-ray free electron laser. I will describe how this unique attosecond soft-x-ray source will create unique opportunities for quantifying electron-nuclear couplings that mediate charge transfer and will enable the observation of correlated dynamics in complex molecular systems.