Peering into precise ultrafast dynamics in matter

A team of researchers from Beijing led by Prof. Dr. Sheng Meng has succeeded in developing predictive first-principles approaches for investigating precise ultrafast processes in matter. The method, named TDAP (time-dependent ab initio propagation), aims at providing robust dynamic simulations of light-induced, highly nonlinear phenomena which are at the atomic and molecular level and occur within a few femtoseconds (10-15 sec) or even attoseconds (10-18 sec). Fundamental interactions among diff...