Dissecting subcycle interference in photoelectron holography

Werby, Nicholas; Maxwell, Andrew S.; Forbes, Ruaridh; Bucksbaum, Philip H.; Faria, Carla Morisson

doi:10.1103/physreva.104.013109

Title: Dissecting subcycle interference in photoelectron holography

Journal Article · 18 July 2021 · Physical Review A

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.104.013109 · OSTI ID:1819722

Werby, Nicholas ^[1]; Maxwell, Andrew S. ^[2]; Forbes, Ruaridh ^[3]; Bucksbaum, Philip H. ^[1]; Faria, Carla Morisson ^[4]

SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering Inst. (PULSE); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
Univ. College London (United Kingdom); Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST), Barcelona (Spain)
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Photon Ultrafast Laser Science and Engineering Inst. (PULSE); Stanford Univ., CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States). Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS)
Univ. College London (United Kingdom)

Multipath holographic interference in strong-field quantum tunnel ionization is key to revealing subangstrom attosecond dynamics for molecular movies. This critical subcycle motion is often obscured by longer timescale effects such as ring-shaped patterns that appear in above-threshold ionization (ATI). In the present work, we overcome this problem by combining two techniques in theory and experimental analysis: unit-cell averaging and time-filtering data and simulations. Together these suppress ATI rings and enable an unprecedented highly detailed quantitative match between strong-field ionization experiments in argon and the Coulomb-quantum orbit strong-field approximation (CQSFA) theory. Velocity map images reveal fine modulations on the holographic spiderlike interference fringes that form near the polarization axis. CQSFA theory traces this to the interference of three types of electron pathways. The level of agreement between experiment and theory allows sensitive determination of quantum phase differences and symmetries, providing an important tool for quantitative dynamical imaging in quantum systems.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC); National Science Centre; Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1819722

Journal Information:: Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 104; ISSN 2469-9926

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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