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2022年  第2022卷  第5期

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Research Article
Attosecond Delays of High-Harmonic Emissions from Hydrogen Isotopes Measured by XUV Interferometer
Mumta Hena Mustary, Liang Xu, Wanyang Wu, Nida Haram, Dane E. Laban, Han Xu, Feng He, R. T. Sang, Igor V. Litvinyuk
2022, 2022(5). doi: 10.34133/2022/9834102
摘要:
High-harmonic spectroscopy can access structural and dynamical information on molecular systems encoded in the amplitude and phase of high-harmonic generation (HHG) signals. However, measurement of the harmonic phase is a daunting task.Here, we present a precise measurement of HHG phase difference between two isotopes of molecular hydrogen using the advanced extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) Gouy phase interferometer. The measured phase difference is about 200 mrad, corresponding to ~3 attoseconds (1 as = 10−18 s) time delay which is nearly independent of harmonic order. The measurements agree very well with numerical calculations of a four-dimensional time-dependent Schödinger equation. Numerical simulations also reveal the effects of molecular orientation and intramolecular two-center interference on the measured phase difference.This technique opens a new avenue for measuring the phase of harmonic emission for different atoms and molecules. Together with isomeric or isotopic comparisons, it also enables the observation of subtle effects of molecular structures and nuclear motion on electron dynamics in strong laser fields.
Direct Visualization of Deforming Atomic Wavefunction in Ultraintense High-Frequency Laser Pulses
Jintai Liang, Yueming Zhou, Yijie Liao, Wei-Chao Jiang, Min Li, Peixiang Lu
2022, 2022(5). doi: 10.34133/2022/9842716
摘要:
Interaction of intense laser fields with atoms distorts the bound-state electron cloud. Tracing the temporal response of the electron cloud to the laser field is of fundamental importance for understanding the ultrafast dynamics of various nonlinear phenomena of matter, but it is particularly challenging. Here, we show that the ultrafast response of the atomic electron cloud to the intense highfrequency laser pulses can be probed with the attosecond time-resolved photoelectron holography. In this method, an infrared laser pulse is employed to trigger tunneling ionization of the deforming atom. The shape of the deforming electron cloud is encoded in the hologram of the photoelectron momentum distribution. As a demonstration, by solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation, we show that the adiabatic deforming of the bound-state electron cloud, as well as the nonadiabatic transition among the distorted states, is successfully tracked with attosecond resolution. Our work films the formation process of the metastable Kramers-Henneberger states in the intense high-frequency laser pulses. This establishes a novel approach for time-resolved imaging of the ultrafast bound-state electron processes in intense laser fields.
Exploring Femtosecond Laser Ablation by Snapshot Ultrafast Imaging and Molecular Dynamics Simulation
Jiali Yao, Dalong Qi, Hongtao Liang, Yilin He, Yunhua Yao, Tianqing Jia, Yang Yang, Zhenrong Sun, and Shian Zhang
2022, 2022(5). doi: 10.34133/2022/9754131
摘要:
Femtosecond laser ablation (FLA) has been playing a prominent role in precision fabrication of material because of its circumvention of thermal effect and extremely high spatial resolution. Molecular dynamics modeling, as a powerful tool to study the mechanism of femtosecond laser ablation, still lacks the connection between its simulation results and experimental observations at present. Here we combine a single-shot chirped spectral mapping ultrafast photography (CSMUP) technique in experiment and a three-dimensional two-temperature model-based molecular dynamics (3D TTM-MD) method in theory to jointly investigate the FLA process of bulky gold. Our experimental and simulated results show quite high consistency in time-resolved morphologic dynamics. According to the highly accurate simulations, the FLA process of gold at the high laser fluence is dominated by the phase explosion, which shows drastic vaporized cluster eruption and pressure dynamics,while the FLA process at the low laser fluence mainly results from the photomechanical spallation, which shows moderate temperature and pressure dynamics. This study reveals the ultrafast dynamics of gold with different ablation schemes,which has a guiding significance for the applications of FLA on various kinds of materials.