Scaling Laws for Photoelectron Holography in the Midinfrared Wavelength Regime

Ymkje Huismans (1) , Arjan Gijsbertsen (1) , A. S. Smolkowska (1) , J. H. Jungmann (1) , Arnaud A. Rouzée (1, 2) , P. S. W. M. Logman (1) , Franck Lepine (3) , Cécile Cauchy (3) , Sébastien Zamith (4) , T Marchenko (5) , J. M. Bakker (6) , G. Berden (6) , B. Redlich (6) , A. F. G. van Der Meer (6) , M. Yu. Ivanov (7) , T.-M. Yan (8, 9) , D. Bauer (9) , O. Smirnova , M. J. J. Vrakking (1, 2)

1 AMOLF - FOM Institute for Atomic and Molecular Physics
2 MBI - Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie
3 LASIM - Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Ionique et Moléculaire
4 Agrégats (LCAR)
5 LCPMR - Laboratoire de Chimie Physique - Matière et Rayonnement
6 FOM Institute for Plasma Physics
7 Department of Physics [Imperial College London]
8 MPIK - Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik
9 Institut für Physik, Universität Rostock

Midinfrared strong-field laser ionization offers the promise of measuring holograms of atoms and molecules, which contain both spatial and temporal information of the ion and the photoelectron with subfemtosecond temporal and angstrom spatial resolution. We report on the scaling of photoelectron holographic interference patterns with the laser pulse duration, wavelength, and intensity. High-resolution holograms for the ionization of metastable xenon atoms by 7-16 m light from the FELICE free electron laser are presented and compared to semiclassical calculations that provide analytical insight.

Domaines: Physique Atomique [physics.atom-ph]

Ymkje Huismans, Arjan Gijsbertsen, A. S. Smolkowska, J. H. Jungmann, Arnaud A. Rouzée, et al.. Scaling Laws for Photoelectron Holography in the Midinfrared Wavelength Regime. Physical Review Letters, 2012, 109 (1), 013002 [5 p.]. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.013002⟩. ⟨hal-00716465⟩