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Super-resolution stimulated X-ray Raman spectroscopy

Going visible: Attosecond solitons

Bringing weak transitions to light

Quantitative comparison of high-order harmonic yields in ring-shaped organic molecules calculated using time-dependent density-functional theory

Resonant propagation of extreme-ultraviolet pulses through strongly driven high-density media

High-Order Harmonic Generation & Attosecond Dynamics

Mette Gaarde is the Les and Dot Broussard Alumni Professor in Physics at Louisiana State University. Her research focuses on the theory of ultrafast laser-matter interactions in atomic, molecular, and solid systems and she studies a wide range of ultrafast dynamics. This includes both the production of attosecond extreme ultraviolet pulses, and the dynamics initiated by application of such pulses, which has implications in both AMO, chemistry, and condensed matter physics. Lately she been particularly interested in high harmonic generation in solid-state systems, and the extent to which knowledge gained in AMO science can be applied to condensed phase dynamics. Gaarde completed her undergraduate and graduate studies at Copenhagen University, Denmark, and was a research assistant professor at Lund University before joining LSU. She is currently serving as the 2023 Chair of the APS Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics (DAMOP).

Strong-Field Laser–Matter Interactions

Attosecond Dynamics

Ultrafast Atomic

Molecular and Optical Physics Theory

High-Order Harmonic Generation

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Les and Dot Broussard Alumni Professor of Physics

Mette Gaarde is a Professor in the Physics Department at Louisiana State University from Denmark. Her research is primarily in molecular and optical physics.  

Best Known For: Research regarding production and application of ultrafast pulses of light and their effect on electrons.

Current Projects: Working in the LSU attosecond theory group on the application of the TDSE and Maxwell wave equation to HHG from transparent solids, attonsecond transient absorption, and filamentation of intense mid-infrared laser pulses.

Dr. Mette Gaarde on Attoseconds and Working with Undergraduate Students

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