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Hentschel and colleagues: attosecond metrology

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Optics and photonics · EMPIRICAL

Reference score145,000Provisional editorial estimate of this exact contribution; its grade is assessed separately.

What changed

Measured a 650 ± 150 attosecond soft-X-ray pulse and its synchronization with the driving light field, demonstrating access to sub-femtosecond electronic dynamics.

Scientific scope

The record is the exact 2001 Nature article and its reported measurement. Other attosecond-pulse generation schemes, later isolated-pulse records and subsequent attosecond spectroscopy remain separate.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact 2001 Nature article and its reported measurement. Other attosecond-pulse generation schemes, later isolated-pulse records and subsequent attosecond spectroscopy remain separate.

Contributors

Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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