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Title: Pulse analysis by delayed absorption from a coherently excited atom

Journal Article · · APL Photonics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5053661 · OSTI ID:1503577
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  1. Lund Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Physics
  2. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (United States). Inst. for Theoretical Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics (ITAMP); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering Inst. (PULSE)
  3. Stockholm Univ. (Sweden). ,AlbaNova Univ. Center, Dept. of Physics

In this tutorial, we provide a short review of attosecond pulse characterization techniques and a pedagogical account of a recently proposed method called Pulse Analysis by Delayed Absorption (PANDA) [S. Pabst and J. M. Dahlstr¨om, Phys. Rev. A 94, 013411 (2016)]. We discuss possible implementations of PANDA in alkali atoms using either principal quantum number wave packets or spin-orbit wave packets. The main merit of the PANDA method is that it can be used as a pulse characterization method that is free from atomic latency effects, such as scattering phase shifts and long-lived atomic resonances. Finally, we propose that combining the PANDA method with angle-resolved photoelectron detection should allow for experimental measurements of attosecond delays in photoionization from bound wave packets on the order of tens of attoseconds.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515; 2014-3724; 2016-03789
OSTI ID:
1503577
Journal Information:
APL Photonics, Vol. 4, Issue 1; ISSN 2378-0967
Publisher:
American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
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