title: Attosecond science in atomic, molecular, and condensed matter physics.
abstract: Attosecond science represents a new frontier in atomic, molecular, and condensed matter physics, enabling one to probe the exceedingly fast dynamics associated with purely electronic dynamics in a wide range of systems. This paper presents a brief discussion of the technology required to generate attosecond light pulses and gives representative examples of attosecond science carried out in several laboratories. Attosecond transient absorption, a very powerful method in attosecond science, is then reviewed and several examples of gas phase and condensed phase experiments that have been carried out in the Leone/Neumark laboratories are described.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. dneumark@berkeley.edu and Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Stephen R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Leone
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. dneumark@berkeley.edu and Chemical Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Neumark