Resonant two- or three-photon ionization of noble-gas atoms captured by time-resolved photoelectron momentum spectroscopy
Abstract
In this work, we present an all-electron, ab initio calculation of time-resolved photoelectron momentum distributions (PMDs) induced by resonant two-color, two- or three-photon ionization of helium and neon atoms, as recently measured by Villeneuve et al. [Science 356, 1150 (2017)] using a femtosecond infrared (IR) laser pulse and an attosecond pulse train (APT) produced with high harmonic generation as an extreme ultraviolet (XUV) photon source. In contrast to a monochromatic XUV pulse commonly used at the free-electron laser facilities, an APT is broadband and ultrashort (<1 fs), so that it could induce nonresonant one-photon transitions above ionization threshold as well as a resonantly excited state. They may interfere with each other upon subsequent absorption or emission of an IR photon, so that the resultant PMD loses clear orbital symmetry. Our time-dependent density functional calculation demonstrates that the selection of a particular excited state in the time-resolved PMD is nevertheless possible if energy and timing of an APT are adjusted properly.
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- Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute, IN (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Indiana State Univ., Terre Haute, IN (United States); Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1540669
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1410875
- Grant/Contract Number:
- FG02-06ER46304; AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review A
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 96; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9926
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; atomic & molecular processes in external fields; coherent control; strong electromagnetic field effects; strong field excitation; ultrafast optics; ultrashort pulses; x-ray beams & optics
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Murakami, Mitsuko, and Zhang, G. P. Resonant two- or three-photon ionization of noble-gas atoms captured by time-resolved photoelectron momentum spectroscopy. United States: N. p., 2017.
Web. doi:10.1103/physreva.96.063403.
Murakami, Mitsuko, & Zhang, G. P. Resonant two- or three-photon ionization of noble-gas atoms captured by time-resolved photoelectron momentum spectroscopy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.96.063403
Murakami, Mitsuko, and Zhang, G. P. Fri .
"Resonant two- or three-photon ionization of noble-gas atoms captured by time-resolved photoelectron momentum spectroscopy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.96.063403. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1540669.
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title = {Resonant two- or three-photon ionization of noble-gas atoms captured by time-resolved photoelectron momentum spectroscopy},
author = {Murakami, Mitsuko and Zhang, G. P.},
abstractNote = {In this work, we present an all-electron, ab initio calculation of time-resolved photoelectron momentum distributions (PMDs) induced by resonant two-color, two- or three-photon ionization of helium and neon atoms, as recently measured by Villeneuve et al. [Science 356, 1150 (2017)] using a femtosecond infrared (IR) laser pulse and an attosecond pulse train (APT) produced with high harmonic generation as an extreme ultraviolet (XUV) photon source. In contrast to a monochromatic XUV pulse commonly used at the free-electron laser facilities, an APT is broadband and ultrashort (<1 fs), so that it could induce nonresonant one-photon transitions above ionization threshold as well as a resonantly excited state. They may interfere with each other upon subsequent absorption or emission of an IR photon, so that the resultant PMD loses clear orbital symmetry. Our time-dependent density functional calculation demonstrates that the selection of a particular excited state in the time-resolved PMD is nevertheless possible if energy and timing of an APT are adjusted properly.},
doi = {10.1103/physreva.96.063403},
journal = {Physical Review A},
number = 6,
volume = 96,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2017},
month = {Fri Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2017}
}
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