Observation of attosecond electron dynamics in the photoelectron momentum distribution of atoms using few-cycle laser pulses

Murakami, Mitsuko; Zhang, Guo-Ping

doi:10.1103/physreva.101.053439

Observation of attosecond electron dynamics in the photoelectron momentum distribution of atoms using few-cycle laser pulses

Journal Article · Thu May 28 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.101.053439· OSTI ID:1657856

^[1]; Zhang, Guo-Ping ^[2]

Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute, IN (United States); Indiana State University
Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute, IN (United States)

The method of time-resolved measurement with ultrashort laser pulses is vital to the development of attosecond science. Pump-probe measurements using a train of attosecond pulses in combination with a near-infrared (NIR) multicycle driving laser have been successful in capturing the intercycle electron dynamics which repeats every optical cycle and leads to above-threshold ionization (ATI) spectra in the frequency domain. Here in this work, we study the effect of a carrier-envelope phase (CEP) in a few-cycle (< 6 fs) NIR laser pulse on the photoelectron momentum distribution (PMD) of a hydrogen atom and show that interference patterns in a PMD change dramatically with CEPs in the few-cycle regime. When the few-cycle driving laser pulse has a sine shape, the double-slit interference with characteristic modulation of ATI peaks dominates the PMD. On the other hand, when the driving pulse has a cosine shape, the holographical interference featured by a spider-like pattern is isolated. Our results suggest that the CEP-stable few-cycle laser pulses can be used to identify different types of intracycle interference structures in a PMD which reveal the underlying subcycle electron dynamics on an attosecond timescale.

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Research Organization:: Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute, IN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-06ER46304; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1657856

Journal Information:: Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 5 Vol. 101; ISSN 2469-9926

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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