Publications

  • P. Winter and M. Lein,
    Orientation-dependent ionization rate of diatomic molecules,
    submitted.  Preprint: PDF
  • T. Pfeifer, M. Wollenhaupt, and M. Lein,
    Ultrafast artificial intelligence: Machine learning with atomic-scale quantum systems,
    New J. Phys. 26, 093018 (2024).   PDF
  • N.I. Shvetsov-Shilovski and M. Lein,
    Convolutional neural network for retrieval of the time-dependent bond length in a molecule from photoelectron momentum distributions,
    J. Phys. B 57, 06LT01 (2024).   PDF
  • P. Winter and M. Lein,
    Bicircular attoclock with molecules as a probe of strong-field Stark shifts and molecular properties,
    Phys. Rev. A 109, L020801 (2024).   PDF
 2023  ▼ 
  • S. Yue, J. Liu, S. Xue, H. Du, and M. Lein,
    Observing the Coulomb shifts of ionization times in high-order harmonic generation,
    Phys. Rev. A 107, 063102 (2023).   PDF
  • F. Oppermann, S. Mhatre, S. Gräfe, and M. Lein,
    Mass-ratio dependent strong-field dissociation of artificial helium hydride isotopologues,
    J. Phys. B 56, 115101 (2023).   PDF
  • N.I. Shvetsov-Shilovski and M. Lein,
    Transfer learning, alternative approaches, and visualization of a convolutional neural network for retrieval of the internuclear distance in a molecule from photoelectron momentum distributions,
    Phys. Rev. A 107, 033106 (2023).   PDF
 2022  ▼ 
  • H.G. Kurz, M. Kretschmar, T. Binhammer, T. Nagy, D. Ristau, M. Lein, U. Morgner, and M. Kovačev,
    High-order harmonic spectroscopy in an ionized high-density target,
    Front. Phys. 10, 836287 (2022).   PDF
  • F. Oppermann, N. Eicke, and M. Lein,
    Real-time propagator eigenstates,
    J. Phys. B 55, 19LT01 (2022).   PDF
  • S. Yue, Y. Li, S. Xue, H. Du, and M. Lein,
    Ionization and recombination times of the long trajectory in high-order harmonic generation,
    Phys. Rev. A 106, 023117 (2022).   PDF
  • S. Brennecke, M. Ranke, A. Dimitriou, S. Walther, M.J. Prandolini, M. Lein, and U. Frühling,
    Control of electron wave packets close to the continuum threshold using near-single-cycle THz waveforms,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 129, 213202 (2022).   PDF   Supplemental material: PDF
  • S. Yue, S. Xue, H. Du, and M. Lein,
    Revealing Coulomb time shifts in high-order harmonic generation by frequency-dependent streaking,
    Phys. Rev. A 105, L041103 (2022).   PDF
  • X. Zhu, P. Lu, and M. Lein,
    Control of the Geometric Phase and Nonequivalence between Geometric-Phase Definitions in the Adiabatic Limit,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 030401 (2022).   PDF
  • N.I. Shvetsov-Shilovski and M. Lein,
    Deep learning for retrieval of the internuclear distance in a molecule from interference patterns in photoelectron momentum distributions,
    Phys. Rev. A 105, L021102 (2022).   PDF
  • K. Lin, S. Brennecke, H. Ni, X. Chen, A. Hartung, D. Trabert, K. Fehre, J. Rist, X.-M. Tong, J. Burgdörfer, L.Ph.H. Schmidt, M.S. Schöffler, T. Jahnke, M. Kunitski, F. He, M. Lein, S. Eckart, and R. Dörner,
    Magnetic-Field Effect in High-Order Above-Threshold Ionization,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 023201 (2022).   PDF
 2021  ▼ 
  • D. Trabert, N. Anders, S. Brennecke, M.S. Schöffler, T. Jahnke, L.Ph.H. Schmidt, M. Kunitski, M. Lein, R. Dörner, and S. Eckart,
    Nonadiabatic Strong Field Ionization of Atomic Hydrogen,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 273001 (2021).   PDF   Supplemental material: PDF
  • S. Brennecke and M. Lein,
    Nondipole modification of the ac Stark effect in above-threshold ionization,
    Phys. Rev. A 104, L021104 (2021).   PDF
  • C. Hofmann, A. Bray, W. Koch, H. Ni, and N.I. Shvetsov-Shilovski,
    Quantum battles in attoscience: tunneling,
    Eur. Phys. J. D 75, 208 (2021).  
  • S. Brennecke, S. Eckart, and M. Lein,
    Attoclock with bicircular laser fields as a probe of velocity-dependent tunnel-exit positions,
    J. Phys. B 54, 164001 (2021) (Special Issue Article).   PDF
  • P. Wustelt, F. Oppermann, S. Mhatre, M. Kübel, A.M. Sayler, M. Lein, S. Gräfe, and G.G. Paulus,
    Laser-Driven Anharmonic Oscillator: Ground-State Dissociation of the Helium Hydride Molecular Ion by Midinfrared Pulses,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 043202 (2021).   PDF
  • N.I. Shvetsov-Shilovski,
    Reconstruction of a single-active-electron potential from electron momentum distribution produced by strong-field ionization using optimization technique,
    J. Phys. B. 54, 105601 (2021).   PDF
  • N.I. Shvetsov-Shilovski,
    Semiclassical two-step model for ionization by a strong laser pulse: further developments and applications,
    Eur. Phys. J. D 75, 130 (2021).  
  • D. Trabert, S. Brennecke, K. Fehre, N. Anders, A. Geyer, S. Grundmann, M.S. Schöffler, L.Ph.H. Schmidt, T. Jahnke, R. Dörner, M. Kunitski, and S. Eckart,
    Angular dependence of the Wigner time delay upon tunnel ionization of H2,
    Nature Communications 12, 1697 (2021).   PDF
  • A. Hartung, S. Brennecke, K. Lin, D. Trabert, K. Fehre, J. Rist, M.S. Schöffler, T. Jahnke, L.Ph.H. Schmidt, M. Kunitski, M. Lein, R. Dörner, and S. Eckart,
    Electric Nondipole Effect in Strong-Field Ionization,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 053202 (2021).   PDF
 2020  ▼ 
  • H. Ni, S. Brennecke, X. Gao, P.-L. He, S. Donsa, I. Březinová, F. He, J. Wu, M. Lein, X.-M. Tong, and J. Burgdörfer,
    Theory of Subcycle Linear Momentum Transfer in Strong-Field Tunneling Ionization,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 125, 073202 (2020).   PDF   Supplemental material: PDF
  • F. Oppermann, P. Wustelt, T. Florin, S. Mhatre, S. Gräfe, G.G. Paulus, and M. Lein,
    Dissociation and ionization of HeH+ in sub-cycle-controlled intense two-color fields,
    J. Phys. B 53, 174001 (2020).   PDF
  • S. Yue, S. Brennecke, H. Du, and M. Lein,
    Probing dynamical symmetries by bicircular high-harmonic spectroscopy beyond the Born-Oppenheimer approximation,
    Phys. Rev. A 101, 053438 (2020).   PDF
  • S. Brennecke, N. Eicke, and M. Lein,
    Gouy's Phase Anomaly in Electron Waves Produced by Strong-Field Ionization,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 153202 (2020).   PDF
  • M. Kircher, F. Trinter, S. Grundmann, I. Vela-Perez, S. Brennecke, N. Eicke, J. Rist, S. Eckart, S. Houamer, O. Chuluunbaatar, Y.V. Popov, I.P. Volobuev, K. Bagschick, M. Novella Piancastelli, M. Lein, T. Jahnke, M.S. Schöffler, and R. Dörner,
    Kinematically complete experimental study of Compton scattering at helium atoms near the threshold,
    Nature Physics 16, 756 (2020).   Preprint on arXiv
  • N. Eicke, S. Brennecke, and M. Lein,
    Attosecond-Scale Streaking Methods for Strong-Field Ionization by Tailored Fields,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 043202 (2020).   PDF
 2019  ▼ 
  • N.I. Shvetsov-Shilovski and M. Lein,
    Semiclassical two-step model with quantum input: Quantum-classical approach to strong-field ionization,
    Phys. Rev. A 100, 053411 (2019).   PDF
  • B. Zhang and M. Lein,
    High-order harmonic generation from diatomic molecules in an orthogonally polarized two-color laser field,
    Phys. Rev. A 100, 043401 (2019).   PDF
  • S. Brennecke and M. Lein,
    Strong-field photoelectron holography beyond the electric dipole approximation: a semiclassical analysis,
    Phys. Rev A 100, 023413 (2019).   PDF
  • A. Hartung, S. Eckart, S. Brennecke, J. Rist, D. Trabert, K. Fehre, M. Richter, H. Sann, S. Zeller, K. Henrichs, G. Kastirke, J. Hoehl, A. Kalinin, M. S. Schöffler, T. Jahnke, L.Ph.H. Schmidt, M. Lein, M. Kunitski, and R. Dörner,
    Magnetic fields alter strong-field ionization,
    Nature Physics 15, 1222 (2019).   Preprint on arXiv
  • N. Eicke and M. Lein,
    Attoclock with counter-rotating bicircular laser fields,
    Phys. Rev. A 99, 031402(R) (2019).   PDF
  • N.I. Shvetsov-Shilovski, M. Lein, and K. Tőkési,
    Semiclassical two-step model for ionization of hydrogen molecule by strong laser field,
    Eur. Phys. J. D 73, 37 (2019).   Preprint on arXiv
  • L. Li, P. Lan, X. Zhu, T. Huang, Q. Zhang, M. Lein, and P. Lu,
    Reciprocal-space-trajectory perspective on high harmonic generation in solids,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 122, 193901 (2019).   PDF
  • M. Kunitski, N. Eicke, P. Huber, J. Köhler, S. Zeller, J. Voigtsberger, N. Schlott, K. Henrichs, H. Sann, F. Trinter, L.Ph.H. Schmidt, A. Kalinin, M. Schöffler, T. Jahnke, M. Lein, and R. Dörner,
    Double-slit photoelectron interference in strong-field ionization of the neon dimer,
    Nature Communications 10, 1 (2019).   PDF     Supplementary Information: PDF
 2018  ▼ 
  • S. Brennecke and M. Lein,
    High-order above-threshold ionization beyond the electric dipole approximation: Dependence on the atomic and molecular structure,
    Phys. Rev. A 98, 063414 (2018).   PDF
  • L. Yue, P. Wustelt, A.M. Sayler, F. Oppermann, M. Lein, G.G. Paulus, and S. Gräfe,
    Strong-Field Polarizability-Enhanced Dissociative Ionization,
    Phys. Rev. A 98, 043418 (2018).   PDF
  • N.I. Shvetsov-Shilovski, M. Lein, and L.B. Madsen,
    Multielectron polarization effects in strong-field ionization: Narrowing of momentum distributions and imprints in interference structures,
    Phys. Rev. A 98, 023406 (2018).   PDF
  • S. Eckart, K. Fehre, N. Eicke, A. Hartung, J. Rist, D. Trabert, N. Strenger, A. Pier, L.Ph.H. Schmidt, T. Jahnke, M.S. Schöffler, M. Lein, M. Kunitski, and R. Dörner,
    Direct Experimental Access to the Non-Adiabatic Initial Momentum Offset upon Tunnel Ionization,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 163202 (2018).   PDF
  • S. Brennecke and M. Lein,
    High-order above-threshold ionization beyond the electric dipole approximation,
    J. Phys. B 51, 094005 (2018).   PDF
  • H. Ni, N. Eicke, C. Ruiz, J. Cai, F. Oppermann, N.I. Shvetsov-Shilovski, and L.-W. Pi,
    Tunneling criteria and a nonadiabatic term for strong-field ionization,
    Phys. Rev. A 98, 013411 (2018).   PDF
  • P. Wustelt, F. Oppermann, L. Yue, M. Möller, T. Stöhlker, S. Gräfe, M. Lein, G.G. Paulus, and A.M. Sayler,
    Heteronuclear Limit of Strong-Field Ionization: Fragmentation of HeH+ by Intense Ultrashort Laser Pulses,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 073203 (2018).   PDF
  • N.I. Shvetsov-Shilovski and M. Lein,
    Effects of the Coulomb potential in interference patterns of strong-field holography with photoelectrons,
    Phys. Rev. A 97, 013411 (2018).   PDF
  • A. Kothe, T. Gaumnitz, J. Henkel, J. Schneider, M.J. Prandolini, J. Hengster, M. Drescher, M. Lein, and T. Uphues,
    Stabilizing isolated attosecond pulse formation by dispersion tuning,
    J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 35, A22 (2018).   Preprint on arXiv
  • N. Eicke and M. Lein,
    Trajectory-free ionization times in strong-field ionization,
    Phys. Rev. A 97, 031402(R) (2018).   PDF
  • D. Würzler, N. Eicke, M. Möller, D. Seipt, A. Sayler, S. Fritzsche, M. Lein, and G.G. Paulus,
    Velocity map imaging of scattering dynamics in orthogonal two-color fields,
    J. Phys. B 51, 015001 (2018).   PDF
 2017  ▼ 
 2016  ▼ 
  • N.I. Shvetsov-Shilovski, M. Lein, L.B. Madsen, E. Räsänen, C. Lemell, J. Burgdörfer, D.G. Arbó, and K. Tőkési,
    Semiclassical two-step model for strong-field ionization,
    Phys. Rev. A 94, 013415 (2016).  PDF
  • H.G. Kurz, M. Kretschmar, T. Binhammer, T. Nagy, D. Ristau, M. Lein, U. Morgner, and M. Kovačev,
    Revealing the Microscopic Real-Space Excursion of a Laser-Driven Electron,
    Phys. Rev. X 6, 031029 (2016).  PDF
  • S. Pabst, M. Lein, and H.J. Wörner,
    Preparing attosecond coherences by strong-field ionization,
    Phys. Rev. A 93, 023412 (2016).   PDF
 2015  ▼ 
  • J. Henkel and M. Lein,
    Analysis of electron trajectories with two-color strong-field ionization,
    Phys. Rev. A 92, 013422 (2015).   PDF
  • I. Petersen, J. Henkel, and M. Lein,
    Signatures of molecular orbital structure in lateral electron momentum distributions from strong-field ionization,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 103004 (2015).   PDF
  • D. Fabris, T. Witting, W.A. Okell, D.J. Walke, P. Matia-Hernando, J. Henkel, T.R. Barillot, M. Lein, J.P. Marangos, and J.W.G. Tisch,
    Synchronised pulses generated at 20 eV and 90 eV for attosecond pump probe experiments,
    Nature Photonics 9, 383 (2015).
 2014  ▼ 
  • I. Barth and M. Lein,
    Numerical verification of the theory of nonadiabatic tunnel ionization in strong circularly polarized laser fields,
    J. Phys. B 47, 204016 (2014).   Preprint: PDF
  • I. Dreissigacker and M. Lein,
    Photoelectron circular dichroism of chiral molecules studied with a continuum-state corrected strong-field approximation,
    Phys. Rev. A 89, 053406 (2014).  PDF
  • A. Chacon, M. Lein, and C. Ruiz,
    Asymmetry of Wigner's time delay in a small molecule,
    Phys. Rev. A 89, 053427 (2014).  PDF
  • M. Falge, P. Vindel-Zandbergen, V. Engel, M. Lein, B. Chang, and I. Sola,
    The time-scale of nonlinear events driven by strong fields: can one control the spin-coupling before ionization runs over?,
    J. Phys. B 47, 124027 (2014).  Preprint: PDF
  • M. Tudorovskaya and M. Lein,
    High-Harmonic Generation with Combined Infrared and Extreme Ultraviolet Fields,
    J. Mod. Opt. 61, 845 (2014).  Preprint: PDF
 2013  ▼ 
  • J. Zhao and M. Lein,
    Determination of Ionization and Tunneling Times in High-Order Harmonic Generation,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 043901 (2013).   PDF
  • J. Henkel, T. Witting, D. Fabris, M. Lein, P.L. Knight, J.W.G. Tisch, and J.P. Marangos,
    Prediction of attosecond light pulses in the VUV range in a high-order-harmonic-generation regime,
    Phys. Rev. A 87, 043818 (2013).   PDF
  • I. Dreissigacker and M. Lein,
    Quantitative theory for the lateral momentum distribution after strong-field ionization,
    Chem. Phys. 414, 69 (2013).  Preprint: PDF
  • A. Chacon, M. Lein, and C. Ruiz,
    Retrieval of the amplitude and phase of the dipole matrix element by attosecond electron wavepacket interferometry,
    Phys. Rev. A 87, 023408 (2013).   PDF
  • H.G. Kurz, D.S. Steingrube, D. Ristau, M. Lein, U. Morgner, and M. Kovačev,
    High-order harmonic generation from dense water microdroplets,
    Phys. Rev. A 87, 063811 (2013).   PDF
 2012  ▼ 
 2011  ▼ 
 2010  ▼ 
 2009  ▼ 
 2008  ▼ 
 2007  ▼ 
  • E.V. van der Zwan and M. Lein,
    Tomographic Imaging of Molecular Orbitals in Length and Velocity Form,
    AIP Conf. Proc. 963, 570 (2007).   PDF
  • M. Lein,
    Molecular imaging using recolliding electrons,
    J. Phys. B 40, R135 (2007).   PDF
  • A.S. de Wijn, S. Kümmel, and M. Lein,
    Numerical aspects of real-space approaches to strong-field electron dynamics,
    J. Comput. Phys. 226, 89 (2007).  Preprint: PDF
  • R. Fischer, M. Lein, and C.H. Keitel,
    Enhanced recollision dynamics via the combination of antisymmetric wave functions and beyond-dipole effects,
    J. Mod. Opt. 54, 1911 (2007).  Preprint: PDF
  • M.F. Ciappina, C.C. Chirilă, and M. Lein,
    Influence of Coulomb continuum wave functions in the description of high-order harmonic generation with molecules,
    Phys. Rev. A 75, 043405 (2007).   PDF
  • R. Fischer, M. Lein, and C.H. Keitel,
    Strongly enhanced high-harmonic generation via antisymmetric ionic states,
    J. Phys. B 40, F113 (2007).   PDF
  • C.C. Chirilă and M. Lein,
    Assessing different forms of the strong-field approximation for harmonic generation in molecules,
    J. Mod. Opt. 54, 1039 (2007).  Preprint: PDF
  • S. Baker, J. Robinson, C.A. Haworth, C.C. Chirilă, M. Lein, J.W.G. Tisch, and J.P. Marangos
    Probing fast nuclear wavepackets in light molecules: monitoring structural rearrangement on an attosecond timescale,
    J. Mod. Opt. 54, 1011 (2007).
 2006  ▼ 
 2005  ▼ 
 2004  ▼ 
  • R. de Nalda, E. Heesel, M. Lein, N. Hay, R. Velotta, E. Springate, M. Castillejo, and J.P. Marangos,
    Role of orbital symmetry in high-order harmonic generation from aligned molecules,
    Phys. Rev. A 69, 031804(R) (2004).   PDF
  • L.N. Gaier, M. Lein, M.I. Stockman, P.L. Knight, P.B. Corkum, M. Yu. Ivanov, and G.L. Yudin,
    Ultrafast multiphoton forest fires and fractals in clusters and dielectrics,
    J. Phys. B 37, L57 (2004).   PDF
  • G.L. Yudin, L.N. Gaier, M. Lein, P.L. Knight, P.B. Corkum, and M. Yu. Ivanov,
    Hole-assisted energy deposition in clusters and dielectrics in the multiphoton regime,
    Laser Phys. 14, 51 (2004).   PDF
 2003  ▼ 
 2002  ▼ 
 2001  ▼ 
 2000  ▼ 
  • M. Lein, E.K.U. Gross, and V. Engel,
    Intense-field Double Ionization of Helium: Identifying the Mechanism,
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 4707 (2000).   PDF
  • C. Trump, H. Rottke, M. Wittmann, G. Korn, W. Sandner, M. Lein, and V. Engel,
    Pulse-width and isotope effects in femtosecond-pulse strong-field dissociation of H2+ and D2+,
    Phys. Rev. A 62, 063402 (2000).   PDF
  • M. Lein, M. Erdmann, and V. Engel,
    Characterization of nuclear wave packets describing molecular photodissociation,
    J. Chem. Phys. 113, 3609 (2000).   PDF
  • M. Lein, E.K.U. Gross, and J.P. Perdew,
    Electron correlation energies from scaled exchange-correlation kernels: Importance of spatial versus temporal nonlocality,
    Phys. Rev. B 61, 13431 (2000).   PDF
  • M. Lein, E.K.U. Gross, and V. Engel,
    On the mechanism of strong-field double photoionization in the helium atom,
    J. Phys. B 33, 433 (2000).   PDF
 1999  ▼ 
  • E.K.U. Gross, T. Kreibich, M. Lein, and M. Petersilka,
    Orbital functionals in static and time-dependent density functional theory, in Electron Correlations and Materials Properties, edited by A. Gonis, N. Kioussis, and M. Ciftan (Plenum, New York, 1999).   PDF
  • M. Lein, J.F. Dobson, and E.K.U. Gross,
    Toward the Description of van der Waals Interactions within Density Functional Theory,
    J. Comput. Chem. 20, 12 (1999).   PDF

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