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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Atomic Physics, Molecular Physics, Laser Physics |
| Keywords | Double ionization, innershell ionization, two-color fields, two-photon processes |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Columbus |
| Institution | Ohio State University |
| Institute | Department of Physics |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Sandner | Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie (MBI), Berlin |
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| Dr. Horst Rottke | Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie (MBI), Berlin |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/04/2004 |
Program(s)
| 2003 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Super-intense laser pulses being for tiny fractions of a second as powerful as a nation's power stations, reveal a wealth of unexpected physical phenomena when interacting with single atoms. This for instance led to groundbreaking new sources of radiation. Dr. Pierre Agostini is a leading expert in this research. He conducted experiments starting the field and, most recently, was among the first to generate light pulses shorter than a billionth of a millionth of a second (femtosecond). He plans to utilize such light for the exploration of electron-electron correlations in atoms. |