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October 2016
Posted at: 21 Oct 2016
Molecular selfie reveals how a chemical bond breaks: Proton is seen escaping the molecule

Can molecules take pictures of themselves? That is more or less the principle underlying laser-induced electron diffraction (LIED): A laser field strips an electron from a molecule and then sends it back to report on the structure of the remaining ion. Wolter et al. applied this technique to acetylene to track the

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September 2016
Posted at: 12 Sep 2016
Seth L. Cousin graduates

Congrats to Seth L. Cousin who got his PhD on ‘Towards the generation of isolated attosecond pulses in the water window‘.

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Posted at: 02 Sep 2016
Dr. Ryan Coffee visits us

Dr. Ryan Coffee from SLAC visited us.

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June 2016
Posted at: 22 Jun 2016
Electron diffraction imaging independent of orbital symmetry

ICFO researchers show that attosecond rescattering wavepackets retrieve molecular structure irrespective of the peculiar symmetry of a molecule’s wavefunction.Knowing the atomic structure of atoms, molecules and solids is central to understanding and manipulating their function. Laser induced electron diffraction uses a molecule’s own valence electrons to image its structure. A

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May 2016
Posted at: 11 May 2016
0.5 keV Soft X-ray Attosecond Continua in Nature Communications

ICFO researchers have demonstrated attosecond temporal resolution in combination with atomic selectivity. Attosecond light pulses in the extreme ultraviolet have drawn a great deal of attention due to their ability to interrogate electronic dynamics in real time. Nevertheless, to follow charge dynamics and excitations in materials, element selectivity is a prerequisite,

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March 2016
Posted at: 31 Mar 2016
Prof. Anne L’Huillier visits

Prof. Anne L’Huillier visited us after her Colloquium at ICFO.

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Posted at: 01 Mar 2016
Francisco José Maia Da Silva graduates

Congrats to Francisco José Maia Da Silva who got his PhD on ‘Generation of intense few-cycle waveform-controlled electric fields: from the mid-IR to soft-X rays‘.

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February 2016
Posted at: 07 Feb 2016

First 7 micron ultrafast, CEP stable OPCPA published in Optica. The system is completely fiber pumped and yields a peak power of 1.1 GW and, if focused to the diffraction limit, would reach a peak intensity of 0.7 GW/cm2. Optica 3, 147 (2016)..

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December 2015
Posted at: 22 Dec 2015

Dr. Mick Pullen gives a special report at ICEAC on our work on Laser Induced Electron Diffraction. Watch his presentation online on YouTube.

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Posted at: 10 Dec 2015
Barbara and Noslen win ICONS Poster Prices

This year’s Poster Session took place coinciding with the first “ICFO Day” event. In total, 38 posters were exhibited and selection of Best Poster was the result of three separate votes. All ICFOnians were invited to participate in the selection of the top three posters via an online vote while the PhD

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December 2015
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