Attosecond Control in Photoionization of Hydrogen Molecules

作者:Kelken**erg F*; Siu W; Perez Torres J F; Morales F; Gademann G; Rouzee A; Johnsson P; Lucchini M; Calegari F; Sanz Vicario J L; Martin F; Vrakking M J J
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2011, 107(4): 043002.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.043002

摘要

We report experiments where hydrogen molecules were dissociatively ionized by an attosecond pulse train in the presence of a near-infrared field. Fragment ion yields from distinguishable ionization channels oscillate with a period that is half the optical cycle of the IR field. For molecules aligned parallel to the laser polarization axis, the oscillations are reproduced in two-electron quantum simulations, and can be explained in terms of an interference between ionization pathways that involve different harmonic orders and a laser-induced coupling between the 1s sigma(g) and 2p sigma(u) states of the molecular ion. This leads to a situation where the ionization probability is sensitive to the instantaneous polarization of the molecule by the IR electric field and demonstrates that we have probed the IR-induced electron dynamics with attosecond pulses.

  • 出版日期2011-7-19