Christian Ott

Dr. Christian Ott leads the Working Group 'Excited atoms and molecules in strong fields' within the Pfeifer Department, focusing on ultrafast laser spectroscopy to observe and control quantum dynamics in atoms and molecules using femtosecond (10^-15 s) and attosecond (10^-18 s) laser pulses.

His core research encompasses:

• Ultrafast control of electron pair dynamics in atoms
• Nonlinear laser physics across infrared to X-ray wavelengths
• Filamentation of visible laser light in gaseous media
• Vibronic dynamics in small molecules under strong fields
• Phototransmission through window resonances
• Attosecond pulse generation techniques

Dr. Ott actively supervises graduate research through current Bachelor/Master project offers, with his group contributing to fundamental light-matter interaction studies. His work bridges experimental laser physics and quantum dynamics, utilizing advanced optical setups for probing electron-nuclear motion at natural timescales.