Frank Filsinger

TL;DR: The plasma dynamics of single mesoscopic Xe particles irradiated with intense femtosecond x-ray pulses exceeding 10(16) W/cm2 from the Linac Coherent Light Source free-electron laser are investigated and show that for clusters illuminated with intense x-Ray pulses, highly charged ionization fragments in a narrow distribution are created.

TL;DR: Signs of ultrafast charge redistribution from the inner-shell ionized Se atom to its molecular partners are found, and significant displacement of the atomic constituents in the course of multiple ionization is observed.

TL;DR: Unprecedented degrees of laser-induced alignment and orientation of iodobenzene molecules are demonstrated when the state-selected samples are used and provide unique possibilities for many novel experiments in chemistry and physics.

TL;DR: These experiments demonstrate that conformer-selected samples of large molecules can be prepared, offering new possibilities for the study of gas-phase biomolecules.

TL;DR: It is shown that the degree of 3-dimensional alignment and orientation is strongly enhanced when rotational state-selected molecules, rather than molecules in the original molecular beam, are used as targets.