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Title: Nonlinear XUV signal generation probed by transient grating spectroscopy with attosecond pulses

Abstract

Nonlinear spectroscopies are utilized extensively for selective measurements of chemical dynamics in the optical, infrared, and radio-frequency regimes. The development of these techniques for extreme ultraviolet (XUV) light sources facilitates measurements of electronic dynamics on attosecond timescales. Here, we elucidate the temporal dynamics of nonlinear signal generation by utilizing a transient grating scheme with a subfemtosecond XUV pulse train and two few-cycle near-infrared pulses in atomic helium. Simultaneous detection of multiple diffraction orders reveals delays of ≥1.5 fs in higher-order XUV signal generation, which are reproduced theoretically by solving the coupled Maxwell-Schrödinger equations and with a phase grating model. The delays result in measurable order-dependent differences in the energies of transient light induced states. As nonlinear methods are extended into the attosecond regime, the observed higher-order signal generation delays will significantly impact and aid temporal and spectral measurements of dynamic processes.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [1];  [3];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [2];  [1]
  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States)
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division
OSTI Identifier:
1559198
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Citation Formats

Fidler, Ashley P., Camp, Seth J., Warrick, Erika R., Bloch, Etienne, Marroux, Hugo J. B., Neumark, Daniel M., Schafer, Kenneth J., Gaarde, Mette B., and Leone, Stephen R. Nonlinear XUV signal generation probed by transient grating spectroscopy with attosecond pulses. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09317-4.
Fidler, Ashley P., Camp, Seth J., Warrick, Erika R., Bloch, Etienne, Marroux, Hugo J. B., Neumark, Daniel M., Schafer, Kenneth J., Gaarde, Mette B., & Leone, Stephen R. Nonlinear XUV signal generation probed by transient grating spectroscopy with attosecond pulses. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09317-4
Fidler, Ashley P., Camp, Seth J., Warrick, Erika R., Bloch, Etienne, Marroux, Hugo J. B., Neumark, Daniel M., Schafer, Kenneth J., Gaarde, Mette B., and Leone, Stephen R. Wed . "Nonlinear XUV signal generation probed by transient grating spectroscopy with attosecond pulses". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09317-4. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1559198.
@article{osti_1559198,
title = {Nonlinear XUV signal generation probed by transient grating spectroscopy with attosecond pulses},
author = {Fidler, Ashley P. and Camp, Seth J. and Warrick, Erika R. and Bloch, Etienne and Marroux, Hugo J. B. and Neumark, Daniel M. and Schafer, Kenneth J. and Gaarde, Mette B. and Leone, Stephen R.},
abstractNote = {Nonlinear spectroscopies are utilized extensively for selective measurements of chemical dynamics in the optical, infrared, and radio-frequency regimes. The development of these techniques for extreme ultraviolet (XUV) light sources facilitates measurements of electronic dynamics on attosecond timescales. Here, we elucidate the temporal dynamics of nonlinear signal generation by utilizing a transient grating scheme with a subfemtosecond XUV pulse train and two few-cycle near-infrared pulses in atomic helium. Simultaneous detection of multiple diffraction orders reveals delays of ≥1.5 fs in higher-order XUV signal generation, which are reproduced theoretically by solving the coupled Maxwell-Schrödinger equations and with a phase grating model. The delays result in measurable order-dependent differences in the energies of transient light induced states. As nonlinear methods are extended into the attosecond regime, the observed higher-order signal generation delays will significantly impact and aid temporal and spectral measurements of dynamic processes.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-019-09317-4},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Mar 27 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Wed Mar 27 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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