"Attosecond science meets molecular complexity" (Prof. Franck Lépine)
- Date: Nov 24, 2026
- Time: 02:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Prof. Franck Lépine
- CNRS / Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France
- Location: Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
- Room: Herbert Walther Lecture Hall
- Host: MPQ
Attosecond technology has provided new ways to observe the out-of-equilibrium properties of matter with high temporal resolution, enabling us to study charge dynamics at the angstrom length scale.
Our team at iLM develops experiments to investigate the structural and dynamic properties of matter using advanced spectroscopic techniques. In recent years, we have combined attosecond technology and advanced ion mass spectrometry from analytical chemistry to investigate large and fragile molecular species, such as proteins or DNA strands, using HHG-based sources. This opens new avenues in attosecond science to address molecular complexity.