Solid-state light-wave detector
A team including researchers from MPQ, KSU and LMU have succeeded in developing a solid state device for the precise measurement of optical light waves. The device can be used in the generation of light flashes of attosecond duration and to study ultrafast processes at the atomic and molecular level.
Light control of bond breaking in symmetric molecules
A team including researchers from MPQ, KSU and LMU has discovered a new quantum control mechanism to selectively break C-H bonds in symmetric hydrocarbon molecules with the waveform of femtosecond laser pulses. Chemical bonds between carbon and hydrogen atoms are amongst the strongest in nature and their selective breaking, in particular in symmetric molecules, is of interest to chemical synthesis and the development of new biologically active molecules.