Course outline:
 
1.              Introduction 

• Time-resolved spectroscopy

2.              Ultrafast laser physics 

• Mathematical description of laser pulses
• Oscillator including carrier-envelope phase (CEP) stability
• Chirped pulse amplification (CPA)
• Optical parametric chirped pulse amplification (OPCPA)
• Post-compression
• Pulse characterization

3.              High-harmonic generation 

• Non-perturbative laser physics
• Above-threshold ionization
• Single-atom picture of HHG
• Phase-matching in HHG

4.              Attosecond Science 

• Generation and characterization of attosecond pulse trains
• Generation and characterization of isolated attosecond laser pulses
• Attosecond atomic physics
• Attosecond molecular physics
• Attosecond condensed phase physics