Asia's first attosecond project launched

Chinese scientists will "see" the ultrafast particles in the microscopic world and facilitate cutting-edge research and high-tech industries, thanks to the construction of a key scientific infrastructure to generate attosecond.

The Chinese Academy of Sciences launched the Advanced Attosecond Laser Infrastructure, which includes facilities in Dongguan of Guangdong province, and Xi'an, Shaanxi province. The construction in Guangdong started on Friday.

Located in Songshan Lake Science City of Dongguan, the infrastructure is the first in Asia and the second advanced attosecond project in the world, according to Lyu Chengxi, mayor of Dongguan.