Attosecond dynamic imaging: Basic ideas, results, and hopes

The goal of 'attosecond dynamic imaging' is to follow electronic and nuclear dynamics in atoms and molecules with attosecond temporal resolution, with the dream of accomplishing this goal for isolated molecules. Attosecond dynamic imaging also includes the idea of combining attosecond temporal and Angstrom-scale spatial resolution that is, making movies of electronic and nuclear dynamics in individual molecules. One can try several approaches to realize this dream, and this tutorial will focus on one such route: the author will describe the main theoretical and experimental ideas that form the basis of using intense infrared (IR) laser fields for attosecond dynamic imaging, with or without the assistance of attosecond XUV pulses.