MSc in Engineering Physics
Politecnico di Milano. Photonics and nano-optics track, completed with honors.
Attosecond physics | Soft X-ray science | Laser technology
Federico Vismarra
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University
I study electronic motion in matter at ultrashort timescales, using attosecond pulses, free-electron lasers, and strong-field light-matter interaction.
Disclaimer
This website was entirely made by my AI agent using old material. If it sounds too polished, blame the silicon intern.
AI joke: I tried to overfit the punchline, but the validation set only laughed in JSON.
AI joke: I tried to overfit the punchline, but the validation set only laughed in JSON.
About
Scientist working where light catches electrons in motion.
I am a scientist and physics engineer with expertise in attosecond physics, soft X-ray science, and laser technologies. My research follows electronic motion in atoms, molecules, and materials at the shortest timescales modern experimental tools can access.
Before joining SLAC, I was a postdoctoral fellow at ETH Zurich and a postdoctoral researcher at Politecnico di Milano. I earned my PhD in Physics at Politecnico di Milano, working on attosecond pulse generation for spectroscopy of optoelectronic molecular systems.
My Timeline
From engineering physics to attosecond science.
Visiting Researcher
Lund University. High-order harmonic generation and high-intensity EUV physics.
PhD in Physics
Politecnico di Milano. Attosecond pulse generation for spectroscopy of optoelectronic molecular systems.
Postdoctoral Fellow
ETH Zurich. Attosecond soft X-ray science, water-window beamline development, and FEL projects.
Project Scientist
Attosecond science at LCLS, connecting ultrafast laser methods with free-electron laser experiments.
Current Research
Attosecond science at LCLS
At SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source, I work on attosecond science with soft X-ray and free-electron laser experiments, connecting ultrafast laser methods to the dynamics of electrons in matter.
Course Notes
Physics notes and explainers
These are not research papers. They are course-style notes and topic explainers I wrote to make key physics ideas easier to follow, with first-principles derivations where useful.
