Attosecond Science: the art of making electron movies

On Friday 27th October 2023, at 3:00 p.m. Prof. Mauro Nisoli (Department of Physics of the Politecnico of Milano) will hold the seminar "Attosecond Science: the art of making electron movies". The event will take place at the Main Hall of the Department of Physics, via Pietro Giuria 1, Torino.

Attosecond Science represents one of the frontiers in Ultrafast Physics, since it offers the possibility to monitor, influence and control the motion of electrons in atoms, molecules and solids.

After a general introduction on Attosecond Science, the focus will be on applications of attosecond pulses to molecular physics. The investigation of ultrafast processes initiated in molecules by light absorption is of crucial importance in various research areas, from molecular physics to material science, from chemistry to biology.

The application of attosecond methods to molecular physics has opened new research frontiers. Experimental advances, in terms of new sources, devices and techniques, are still required, together with new theoretical tools and approaches, but attosecond molecular physics has firmly established as a mature research field.