attosecond

This period of time is called an attosecond.

Indeed, pulse durations on the attosecond time scale have been reported.

Click this link for times shorter than one attosecond.

To do that, you need your attosecond (10-18s) pulses to be highly localized in space.

An attosecond is an SI unit of time equal to 10 of a second.

"Opening up the attosecond timescale could therefore provide new insights into the incredibly fast processes of the atomic world."

The scientists used extremely short flashes of light, called attosecond pulses, which allowed an electron's motion to be observed for the first time.

The word "attosecond" is formed by the prefix atto and the unit second.

"One of the primary goals of attosecond science is to provide more insights into the dynamics of atomic electrons."

For context, an attosecond is to a second what a second is to about 31.71 billion years, or more than twice the age of the universe.

An attosecond is equal to 1000 zeptoseconds, or 1/1000 of a femtosecond.

Professor Krausz has led the Attosecond Physics Division since 2003.

One year later, they demonstrated the ability of attosecond metrology to track sub-atomic-scale electron dynamics in real time.

Paul Corkum is a Canadian physicist specializing in attosecond physics and laser science.

When you hear someone say, "Not in a nanosecond," you are now equipped to respond, "In an attosecond."

The light is emitted at every peak of the laser light field which is intense enough, producing a series of attosecond light flashes.

In 2007 a further research group was founded, on Attosecond Imaging, led by Dr. Matthias Kling.

He holds a joint University of Ottawa-NRC chair in Attosecond Photonics.

Five research groups work in the fields of attosecond physics, laser physics, quantum information theory, laser spectroscopy, quantum dynamics and quantum many body systems.

Recent advances include the use of High Harmonic Generation to capture images of molecular dynamics down to the scale of the attosecond (10 sec.)

The steps in some reactions occur in the femtosecond timescale and sometimes in attosecond timescales, and will sometimes form intermediate products.

Their tests involved tunneling electrons, where the group argued a relativistic prediction for tunneling time should be 500-600 attoseconds (an attosecond is one quintillionth of a second).

Such "attosecond science" will make it possible to observe some of the briefest microscopic events in the universe, such as electrons moving in their orbitals, in real time.

Attophysics is a branch of physics wherein attosecond (10 s) duration pulses of electrons or photons are used to probe dynamic processes in matter with unprecedented time resolution.

In 2006 Dr. Reinhard Kienberger (now at TU München) received funding to set up the research group Attosecond Dynamics.