This book gives a first broad and in-depth overview of the current research field of attosecond nanophysics - the intriguing merger of phase-controlled light and attosecond pulses with nanoscale solids. “Attosecond Nanophysics” spans fields from plasmonics, via attosecond science in metals and dielectrics, to novel imaging techniques with highest spatial and temporal resolution.

A collection of selected world experts write about a hot topic, in a way to both introduce the field to starting graduate students, as well as to show the current state of the art of the field.



From the contents:


. Nano-antennae Assisted Emission of Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation

. Ultrafast, Strong-Field Plasmonic Phenomena

. Ultrafast Dynamics in Extended Systems

. Light Wave Driven Electron Dynamics in Clusters

. From Attosecond Control of Electrons at Nano-objects to Laser-driven Electron Accelerators

. Theory of Solids in Strong Ultrashort Laser Fields

. Controlling and Tracking Electric Currents with Light

. Coupling Few-cycle Pulses to Metallic Nanostructures: Ultrafast Light and Electron Emission

. Imaging Localized Surface Plasmons by Femtosecond to Attosecond Time-resolved Photoelectron
  Emission Microscopy - “ATTO-PEEM”