MEDEA / Molecular Electron Dynamics investigated by IntensE Fields and Attosecond Pulses

The interaction of matter with light is one of the most fundamental processes occurring in nature with countless scientific and technological applications. In recent years, the continuing development of intense, ultrashort, coherent light sources from the mid-infrared (mid-IR) to the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) spectral range has opened new possibilities for the investigation of this interaction in new and complementary domains. In both the IR and XUV regimes, molecules and clusters of atoms interacting with light exhibit (correlated) multi-electron dynamics evolving on the few femtosecond (1 fs=10-15 s) to attosecond (1 as=10-18 s) timescale. Several experimental and theoretical investigations suggest that ultrafast multielectronic processes might be fundamental in determining the behaviour of molecules and clusters, and that understanding these phenomena might offer new perspectives on processes occurring on “slower” timescales, such as bond-breaking in complex molecules and Coulomb explosion in charged clusters. In this context, the main objective of the MEDEA proposal is to create a network where ESRs will receive an interdisciplinary and intersectoral comprehensive research training in one of the major field of Photonics (attosecond science) that will be contributed by leading universities and research centers, and by key-player companies in the development and commercialization of state-of-the-art ultrafast laser sources and detection systems.

Ansprechpartner: Sansone G
Tel: 203-5738
Email: giuseppe.sansone@physik.uni-freiburg.de

Projektbeginn: 2015
Projektende: 2018

Sansone G

Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Physikalisches Institut
Attosecond and Strong Field Physics
Stefan-Meier-Str. 19
79104 Freiburg

Telefon: 5738
Fax: 5955
Email: sansone-office@physik.uni-freiburg.de

• Maroju P
• Moioli M

Politecnico Milano, Italy Max Born Institute, Germany Univ. of Lund, Sweden DESY, Germany Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics Garching, Germany Aarhus University, Denmark Amplitude Technologies, France CEA, France FORTH, Greece Femto Lasers, Austria

• 1 MSCA-ITN-2014-ETN: Marie Skłodowska- Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN-ETN), EU