Conveners
R-PLEN Plenary Session - Paul Corkum, Univ. of Ottawa - Session plénière - Paul Corkum, Univ. d'Ottawa
- Adam Sarty (Saint Mary's University)
Prof.
Paul Corkum
(University of Ottawa)
16/06/2016, 17:00
Herzberg Public, Plenary, and Medal Talks / Conférenciers des sessions Herzberg, plénières et médaillés (CAP-ACP)
Plenary Speaker / Conférencier plénier
Attosecond pulses are generated by electrons that are extracted from a quantum system by tunneling in an intense light pulse and travel through the continuum. Portions of each electron wave packet are forced to re-collide with its parent ion by the oscillating force of the time dependent electric field. Upon re-collision, the electron and ion can re-combine, emitting soft X-ray radiation. This...
