In 2021, IOP established the Center for Ultrafast Physics (CUP) to bridge the fields of ultrafast sciences and physical sciences. With a core mission of developing the Advanced Attosecond Laser Infrastructure, CUP aims to establish a global hub for ultrafast scientific research and technological innovation with international impact.

Adjacent to the China Spallation Neutron Source, the Center is situated in Dongguan City, a key hub within the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It boasts over 50 principal investigators and more than 50 postdoctoral fellows and postgraduate students.

In 2013, attosecond pulses were first realized in China by IOP scientists.

Research Fields

Femtosecond and attosecond laser technologies;

Ultrafast measurements;

Nonlinear optical detection of quantum materials;

Novel laser-induced quantum state;

Ultrafast control of quantum state;

High harmonics generation in solids;

Terahertz spectroscopy, ultrafast spectroscopy and coherent phonons;

Time-dependent density functional theory, GW method and ultrafast dynamics simulation…

Website: http://cup.iphy.ac.cn/index.

Email: ultrafast@iphy.ac.cn