Seminars Archive

Attosecond table-top sources for attochemistry and perspectives at FELs

Francesca Calegari
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY

Abstract
Attosecond science is nowadays a well-established research field, which offers formidable tools for the realtime investigation of electronic processes. In this context, we have demonstrated that attosecond pulses can initiate charge migration in biomolecules. These pioneering investigations have been done in ionized molecules, and I will here present our current effort of achieving control of the chemical reactivity in neutral (chiral) molecules at the electron time scale. Perspectives of complementing these measurements at FELs will be presented.