Our research interests lie in
developing and applying novel probes in time domain to study reaction dynamics at
their most detailed level. The goal of our research is to understand,
predict and eventually control a chemical reaction in the most
effective way. The probes include strong field ionization and
ultrashort electron and photon pulses produced from high order harmonic
generation (HHG). Due to the intrinsic ultrafast property of HHG, the pulse duration of
the photon and electron can be as short as a few tens of attoseconds
(10-18s).
These fast pulses enable us for the first time to directly
probe the attosecond dynamics of the
electrons, which play a dominant role in reactions relevant to physics,
chemistry and biology.