Lecture by Nobel Laureate Prof. Anne L’Huillier: 'The World of Atoms on the Attosecond Timescale'

This year, we are thrilled to welcome Nobel Laureate, French physicist, Lund University Professor Dr Anne L’Huillier to Open Readings for her lecture “The World of Atoms at the Attosecond Time Scale”.

Professor is one of the pioneers of attosecond science. She has made fundamental contributions to the study of ultrafast processes in matter through her groundbreaking research on high-order harmonic generation, a process that enables the generation of attosecond light pulses. In recognition of this work, she was awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Currently, L’Huillier continues her research on the development of attosecond light sources and the study of ultrafast electron dynamics, including how electrons move and respond to light following photoionization in atoms and molecules, at Lund University.

When an intense laser interacts with a gas of atoms, high-order harmonics are generated. In the time domain, this radiation forms a train of extremely short light pulses, of the order of 100 attoseconds. Attosecond pulses enable the study of electron dynamics in atoms and molecules using pump-probe techniques. This presentation will highlight key steps in attosecond science.

The event is free and open to everyone!

Date: September 15, 11:30

Location: FTMC Hall A101, Saulėtekio Ave. 3 (Vilnius)

Free registration: via this link

In partnership with: COLA 2026 (International Conference on Laser Ablation)

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