Optics & Photonics has recently announced its list of the thirty 2015 highlighted articles of the year in its December issue. Our study, which appeared in Nature Communications, ICFO researchers Dr. Michael Pullen, Benjamin Wolter, Matthias Baudisch, and Dr. Michael Hemmer, led by ICREA Prof. at ICFO Dr. Jens Biegert, have developed the...
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Prof. Jens Biegert has been selected to join the 2016 class of Fellows of the Optical Society (OSA). He is being recognized “for pioneering work in the development of ultrashort and intense few cycle pulses in the midinfrared, and their use in analyzing the structure of molecules”. br> Recognizing members...
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Researchers from the Attoscience and Ultrafast Optics Group led by ICREA Prof. at ICFO Jens Biegert, in collaboration with the Laboratory for Attosecond Physics at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics (MPQ) and the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) in Munich, have developed a worldwide unique broadband and coherent infrared light source....
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Dr. Stephan Teichmann received the MSc in Physics from Imperial College London before joining the Attoscience and Ultrafast Optics research group led by ICREA Prof. at ICFO Dr. Jens Biegert. At ICFO, he centered his doctoral work on studying high-order harmonic generation (HHG) in the attosecond time regime and developing...
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Time-resolved imaging of atoms and molecules is critical for understanding chemical reactions. To acquire such images, researchers typically bombard atoms or molecules with short laser pulses and then measure the emitted electron distribution. These pulses are often provided by near-infrared Ti:Sapphire lasers because they are more readily available, but the data...
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Nature Communications has recently published the work “Imaging an aligned polyatomic molecule with laser-induced electron diffraction” in which ICFO researchers Dr. Michael Pullen, Benjamin Wolter, Matthias Baudisch and Dr. Michael Hemmer, led by ICREA Prof. at ICFO Dr. Jens Biegert, have developed the recipe to take ‘snapshots’ of polyatomic molecular structure...
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The Generalitat de Catalunya has announced the results of a call to provide seed funding for innovative projects with market potential in the early stages of technological maturity. Clearly aiming to help ensure that new knowledge and technologies produced in research centers in Catalonia are translated into economic growth for...
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The Optical Society’s Optics Letters journal has recently included the study “2-μm wavelength, high-energy Ho:YLF chirped-pulse amplifier for mid-infrared OPCPA” in the top ten most downloaded articles in the month of February 2015. In this study, researchers report on a compact and stable laser system operating at 2-μm wavelength, delivering...
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In the recent study “Spatiotemporal isolation of attosecond pulses in the soft X-ray water window”, published in Nature Communications by the Attoscience and Ultrafast Optics Group, led by ICREA Professor at ICFO Jens Biegert, the generation of isolated attosecond pulses at the carbon K-edge at 284 eV (4.4 nm), within the water...
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ICFO and Thales, manufacturer of lasers for scientific and industrial markets, have signed a cooperation agreement for developing mid-infrared lasers at high energy and high repetition rate. With this collaboration, ICFO will develop lasers in the 3 to 6 micron wavelength domain delivering ultrashort pulses. Several technologies will be developed...
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