Even for simple systems, the interpretations of new attosecond measurements are complicated and provide only a glimpse of their potential. Nonetheless, the lasting impact will be the revelation of how short-time dynamics can determine the electronic properties of more complex systems.
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This Commentary evolved from the presentations and discussions at the workshop “Unraveling the Interpretations of Attosecond Measurements” held in March 2013 in Washington, DC, sponsored by the Council on Chemical and Biochemical Sciences of the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences. The authors are grateful to the members of the Council for their encouragement and assistance in developing this workshop. In addition, the authors acknowledge the agencies that provided funding for individual research programs in attosecond and related science, without which this workshop and Commentary would not have been possible.
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Leone, S., McCurdy, C., Burgdörfer, J. et al. What will it take to observe processes in 'real time'?. Nature Photon 8, 162–166 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2014.48
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