Research Areas

Research Groups

Spectroscopy

Applied Optics Group

Michael A. Rübhausen

ultrafast fluorescence & ellipsometry
resonant time resolved spontaneous Raman scattering
VUV Raman spectroscopy at FELs

Attosecond Science Group

Francesca Calegari

Ultrafast electron dynamics in matter
Attosecond time resolved molecular spectroscopy
XUV and soft-X spectroscopy

CFEL-MPSD Theory Group

ultrafast phenomena in molecular and condensed matter phases
modelling time resolved coherent spectroscopies
strong light-matter interactions and optimal control theory

Controlled Molecule Imaging Group

quantum-state, structural-isomer and size selection of neutral molecules
quantum-state and species-specific detection
state-to-state dynamics

Markus Drescher

time-resolved electron and ion-spectroscopy
THz streaking of electron wave packets

Spectroscopy of molecular processes

Melanie Schnell

broadband rotational spectroscopy of complex molecules
chirality-sensitive spectroscopy
method development for molecule deceleration for precision experiments

Theory of Pump-Probe Spectroscopy Group

ultrafast dynamics of condensed matter
laser-driven superconductivity and ordered state dynamics
light-induced Floquet states of matter

Ultrafast Dynamics in Solids and at Surfaces Group

Michael Martins

XUV and soft X-ray spectroscopy
novel instrumentation for FEL science
nonlinear spectroscopy with FELs

Ultrafast Molecular Dynamics Group

ultrafast and picosecond X-ray spectroscopy
transient THz- and multidimensional infrared spectroscopy
broadband UV-visible spectroscopy

Ultrafast Nonlinear Microphotonics

Spectroscopy with ultra-high repetition rate lasers
Dual comb spectroscopy
Astronomical frequency combs

X-ray Atto-Chirality

Ultrafast dynamics in chiral matter explored with FELs
Nonlinear spectroscopy of asymmetric adn transient light-matter interaction
X-ray studies of electron dynamics at the attosecond frontier

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