• Ultrafast Science
  • Vol. 4, Issue 1, 0038 (2024)
XuanYang Lai1,†, RenPing Sun1,†, ShaoGang Yu1, YanLan Wang1..., Wei Quan1, André Staudte2,* and XiaoJun Liu1,*|Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China.
  • 2Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory, National Research Council and University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6, Canada.
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    DOI: 10.34133/ultrafastscience.0038 Cite this Article
    XuanYang Lai, RenPing Sun, ShaoGang Yu, YanLan Wang, Wei Quan, André Staudte, XiaoJun Liu. Reconstructing Molecular Orbitals with Laser-Induced Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy[J]. Ultrafast Science, 2024, 4(1): 0038 Copy Citation Text show less
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    XuanYang Lai, RenPing Sun, ShaoGang Yu, YanLan Wang, Wei Quan, André Staudte, XiaoJun Liu. Reconstructing Molecular Orbitals with Laser-Induced Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy[J]. Ultrafast Science, 2024, 4(1): 0038
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