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Hans Jakob Wörner

Hans Jakob Wörner

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Chemistry

D-Index
47
Citations
8869
World Ranking
15562
National Ranking
268

Overview

Hans Jakob Wörner is affiliated with ETH Zurich in Switzerland. Their research primarily spans the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Chemistry, with notable contributions to subfields such as Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Radiation, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

The scientist's work is concentrated on several key topics, including:

  • Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
  • Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Spectroscopy and Laser Applications
  • Photochemistry and Electron Transfer Studies

Wörner has been extensively published in a variety of scientific venues. Frequent publication outlets where their research appears include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University) with 22 publications
  • Physical Review Letters with 7 publications
  • Nature Physics with 5 publications
  • Science Advances with 5 publications
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters with 5 publications

Recent papers illustrate the scope and breadth of their research. Notable publications include:

  • "Sub-7-femtosecond conical-intersection dynamics probed at the carbon K-edge," 2021, Science
  • "Attosecond spectroscopy of liquid water," 2020, Science
  • "Decoherence and revival in attosecond charge migration driven by non-adiabatic dynamics," 2022, Nature Physics
  • "Probing molecular environment through photoemission delays," 2020, Nature Physics
  • "Real-time observation of water radiolysis and hydrated electron formation induced by extreme-ultraviolet pulses," 2020, Science Advances

The scientist collaborates frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Jia-Bao Ji with 21 joint publications
  • Conaill Perry with 18 joint publications
  • Zhong Yin with 18 joint publications
  • Tadas Balčiūnas with 17 joint publications
  • Meng Han with 17 joint publications

Best Publications

  • Measurement and laser control of attosecond charge migration in ionized iodoacetylene

    Peter M. Kraus;Benoît Mignolet;Benoît Mignolet;Denitsa Baykusheva;Alisa Rupenyan

  • Following a chemical reaction using high-harmonic interferometry

    H. J. Wörner;J. B. Bertrand;D. V. Kartashov;D. V. Kartashov;P. B. Corkum

  • Probing collective multi-electron dynamics in xenon with high-harmonic spectroscopy

    A. D. Shiner;B. E. Schmidt;B. E. Schmidt;C. Trallero-Herrero;C. Trallero-Herrero;H. J. Wörner;H. J. Wörner

  • Time-resolved X-ray absorption spectroscopy with a water-window high-harmonic source

    Yoann Pertot;Cedric Schmidt;Mary Matthews;Adrien Chauvet

  • Time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy with a water window high-harmonic source

    Yoann Pertot;Cédric Schmidt;Mary Matthews;Mary Matthews;Adrien Alexis Paul Chauvet

  • Roadmap of ultrafast x-ray atomic and molecular physics

    Linda Young;Linda Young;Kiyoshi Ueda;Markus Gühr;Markus Gühr;Philip H. Bucksbaum;Philip H. Bucksbaum

  • Attosecond Delays in Molecular Photoionization.

    Martin Huppert;Inga Jordan;Denitsa Baykusheva;Aaron von Conta

  • Conical intersection dynamics in NO2 probed by homodyne high-harmonic spectroscopy.

    H. J. Wörner;H. J. Wörner;J. B. Bertrand;B. Fabre;J. Higuet

  • Observation of electronic structure minima in high-harmonic generation.

    Hans Jakob Wörner;Hiromichi Niikura;Hiromichi Niikura;Julien B. Bertrand;Julien B. Bertrand;Paul B. Corkum;Paul B. Corkum

  • Charge migration and charge transfer in molecular systems

    Hans Jakob Wörner;Christopher A. Arrell;Natalie Banerji;Andrea Cannizzo

  • Extreme–ultraviolet high–harmonic generation in liquids

    Tran Trung Luu;Zhong Yin;Arohi Jain;Thomas Gaumnitz

  • Bicircular High-Harmonic Spectroscopy Reveals Dynamical Symmetries of Atoms and Molecules.

    Denitsa Baykusheva;Sabbir Ahsan;Nan Lin;Hans Jakob Wörner

  • Controlling the interference of multiple molecular orbitals in high-harmonic generation.

    H. J. Wörner;J. B. Bertrand;P. Hockett;P. B. Corkum

  • Oriented rotational wave-packet dynamics studies via high harmonic generation.

    E. Frumker;E. Frumker;E. Frumker;C. T. Hebeisen;N. Kajumba;N. Kajumba;J. B. Bertrand

  • High-harmonic spectroscopy of oriented OCS molecules: emission of even and odd harmonics.

    Peter M. Kraus;Alisa Rupenyan;Hans Jakob Wörner

  • Sub-7-femtosecond conical-intersection dynamics probed at the carbon K-edge

    Kristina S. Zinchenko;Fernando Ardana-Lamas;Issaka Seidu;Simon Neville

  • Sub-7-femtosecond conical-intersection dynamics probed at the carbon K-edge

    Kristina S. Zinchenko;Fernando Ardana-Lamas;Issaka Seidu;Simon P. Neville

  • Nonhydrogenic Effects in the Deceleration of Rydberg Atoms in Inhomogeneous Electric Fields

    E. Vliegen;H. J. Wörner;T. P. Softley;F. Merkt

  • Attosecond spectroscopy of liquid water.

    Inga Jordan;Martin Huppert;Dominik Rattenbacher;Michael Peper

  • Probing Angular Correlations in Sequential Double Ionization

    A. Fleischer;A. Fleischer;H. J. Wörner;H. J. Wörner;L. Arissian;L. Arissian;L. R. Liu;L. R. Liu

  • Two-pulse field-free orientation reveals anisotropy of molecular shape resonance.

    P. M. Kraus;D. Baykusheva;H. J. Wörner

  • Observation of laser-induced electronic structure in oriented polyatomic molecules

    Peter Kraus;Oleg I. Tolstikhin;Denitsa Baykusheva;Alisa Rupenyan

  • Dynamics of valence-shell electrons and nuclei probed by strong-field holography and rescattering

    Samuel G. Walt;Niraghatam Bhargava Ram;Marcos Atala;Marcos Atala;Nikolay I Shvetsov-Shilovski

  • Attosecond delays in molecular photoionization

    Martin Hupperrt;Inga Jordan;Denitsa Baykusheva;Aaron von Conta

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul B. Corkum
Paul B. Corkum University of Ottawa
David M. Villeneuve
David M. Villeneuve University of Ottawa
Kevin C. Prince
Kevin C. Prince Elettra Sincrotrone Trieste
Albert Stolow
Albert Stolow University of Ottawa
Daniel M. Neumark
Daniel M. Neumark University of California, Berkeley
Shaul Mukamel
Shaul Mukamel University of California, Irvine
Wolfgang Domcke
Wolfgang Domcke Technical University of Munich
R. J. Dwayne Miller
R. J. Dwayne Miller University of Toronto

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