Our group studies the ensuing dynamics when ultrashort light shines on atoms, molecules and condensed matter systems.  These ultra-short flashes of light are on a time scale of attoseconds (10^(-18) seconds) to femtoseconds (10^(-15) seconds), which is fast enough to capture the motion of bound electrons inside matter. We use variety of numerical and analytic methods, ranging from the solution of the Schrodinger equation to classical and semiclassical approaches to techniques from nonlinear dynamical systems. 

Specialization(s): Quantum Simulation