DPG Physics School 2007
supported by the Wilhelm and Else Heraeus - Foundation

Attosecond Physics

Markus Drescher, University of Hamburg & Manfred Lein, University of Kassel

The art of directly measuring the temporal evolution of electronic processes on the electron's 'natural' - attosecond - time scale has rapidly developed during the last few years. Not only does attosecond physics enter a yet unexplored territory (1 as = 10^-18 s), but its novel methods and techniques utilize rather unconventional interactions between light and matter like electron tunneling, streaking or rescattering. Understanding attosecond physics requires learning about techniques and phenomena, that are usually not (yet) mediated in university physics education.
It is the intention of this summer school to assemble a curriculum of tutorial lectures, where distinguished scientists representing different aspects of the field mediate key knowledge in attosecond science. The school aims at providing a comprehensive overview of the subject ranging from the necessary theoretical background over the latest technological developments to the most recent scientific applications.

• Andrius Baltuska, Vienna University of Technology
  fs - laser concepts: CPA, OPCPA
• Wilhelm Becker, Max-Born-Institute, Berlin
  Theory of single-cycle physics
• Joachim Burgdörfer, Vienna University of Technology
  Theory of time-resolved atomic physics
• Dimitris Charalambidis, Foundation for Research and Technology, Heraklion
  Nonlinear attosecond X-ray physics
• Mette Gaarde, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  Theory of High Harmonic Generation
• Shaukat Khan, University of Hamburg
  Attosecond pulses from free-electron-lasers
• Ferenc Krausz, Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching
  Atomic physics with attosecond pulses
• Chii-Dong Lin, Kansas State University
  Theory of light-enforced rescattering
• Jon Marangos, Imperial College London
  Attosecond pulses from Raman processes
• Pascal Salières, DRECAM, Saclay
  Attosecond pulses from High Harmonic Generation
• Giuseppe Sansone, Politechnico di Milano, Milan
  Formation of few-cycle light pulses
• George Tsakiris, Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching
  Attosecond pulses from surfaces
• Thomas Udem, Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching
  Frequency-comb technique for CEP-stabilization
• David Villeneuve, National Research Council of Canada, Ottawa
  Molecular Tomography
• Ian Walmsley, University of Oxford
  Temporal characterization of attosecond pulses

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