Attosecond time-resolved photoelectron holography

Porat, G.; Alon, G.; Rozen, S.; Pedatzur, O.; Kruger, M.; Azoury, D.; Natan, A.; Orenstein, G.; Bruner, B. D.; Vrakking, M. J. J.; Dudovich, N.

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-05185-6

Attosecond time-resolved photoelectron holography

Journal Article · Wed Jul 18 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05185-6· OSTI ID:1463349

Porat, G. ^[1]; Alon, G. ^[2]; Rozen, S. ^[2]; Pedatzur, O. ^[2]; ^[2]; Azoury, D. ^[2]; ^[3]; Orenstein, G. ^[2]; Bruner, B. D. ^[2]; Vrakking, M. J. J. ^[4]; Dudovich, N. ^[2]

Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO (United States); Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot (Israel)
Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot (Israel)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Max-Born-Institut, Berlin (Germany)

Ultrafast strong-field physics provides insight into quantum phenomena that evolve on an attosecond time scale, the most fundamental of which is quantum tunneling. The tunneling process initiates a range of strong field phenomena such as high harmonic generation (HHG), laser-induced electron diffraction, double ionization and photoelectron holography—all evolving during a fraction of the optical cycle. Here we apply attosecond photoelectron holography as a method to resolve the temporal properties of the tunneling process. Adding a weak second harmonic (SH) field to a strong fundamental laser field enables us to reconstruct the ionization times of photoelectrons that play a role in the formation of a photoelectron hologram with attosecond precision. In conclusion, we decouple the contributions of the two arms of the hologram and resolve the subtle differences in their ionization times, separated by only a few tens of attoseconds.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1463349

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 9; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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