Philip H. Bucksbaum Stanford University Research Pages Welcome to my Research Pages. A summary about my research, teaching, and publications is kept on my Bucksbaum Stanford Profiles Page. My research home is the Stanford PULSE Institute The best way to contact me is email: phbuck@Stanford.edu Here are links to my research:

My Research Pages: Physics in the Ultrafast Lane:

Attosecond Science We can capture images of electrons as they move around inside atoms and molecules, by illuminating them with x-ray laser pulses that last less that one femtosecond (10^-15 seconds). Group members: PHB, James Cryan, Taran Driver, Jordan O’Neal, Anna Wang, Andre Kamalov.

Strong-Field AMO Physics The data plot on the right shows the quantum interference patterns made by electrons when they are ripped out of an atom by laser fields with amplitudes of many volts per Angstrom. These matter-holograms contain strong hints of the electron structure and dynamics in a strong laser field. Group members: PHB, Ruaridh Forbes, Adi Natan, Lucas Zipp (’17), Anna Wang

Molecular Movies The LCLS X-ray Laser at Stanford is the brightest research source of hard x-rays ever built, and the pulses are short enough to take sharp diffraction snapshots of the internal motion in excited molecules. We have used these unique capabilities to create molecular movies. The data on the right show a molecular movie of iodine as it dissociates. Group members and the NPI collaboration: PHB, Adi Natan, Aviad Schori, Mike Glownia (LCLS), Matt Ware (Ph.D. ’19), Noor Al-Sayyad.