Coherent control of attosecond emission from aligned molecules Export

@article{NPhys2008WBoutu, abstract = {Controlling attosecond electron wave packets and soft X-ray pulses represents a formidable challenge of general implication to many areas of science1, 2, 3, 4. A strong laser field interacting with atoms or molecules drives ultrafast intra-atomic/molecular electron wave packets on a subfemtosecond timescale, resulting in the emission of attosecond bursts of extreme-ultraviolet light5, 6. Controlling the intra-atomic/molecular electron dynamics enables steering of the attosecond emission7, 8. Here, we carry out a coherent control in linear molecules, where the interaction of the laser-driven electron wave packet with the core leads to quantum interferences9, 10, 11, 12. We demonstrate that these interferences can be finely controlled by turning the molecular axis relative to the laser polarization, that is, changing the electron recollision angle. The wave-packet coulombic distortion modifies the spectral phase jump measured in the extreme-ultraviolet emission. Our attosecond control of the interference results in attosecond pulse shaping, useful for future applications in ultrafast coherent control of atomic and molecular processes.}, author = {Boutu, W. and Haessler, S. and Merdji, H. and Breger, P. and Waters, G. and Stankiewicz, M. and Frasinski, L. J. and Taieb, R. and Caillat, J. and Maquet, A. and Monchicourt, P. and Carre, B. and Salieres, P.}, citeulike-article-id = {3007853}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphys964}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphys964}, doi = {10.1038/nphys964}, journal = {Nat Phys}, keywords = {aligned-molecules, attosecond, coherent-control}, month = {July}, number = {7}, pages = {545--549}, posted-at = {2008-09-13 00:17:14}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, title = {Coherent control of attosecond emission from aligned molecules}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphys964}, volume = {4}, year = {2008} }

TY - JOUR ID - NPhys2008WBoutu L3 - citeulike-article-id:3007853 N2 - Controlling attosecond electron wave packets and soft X-ray pulses represents a formidable challenge of general implication to many areas of science1, 2, 3, 4. A strong laser field interacting with atoms or molecules drives ultrafast intra-atomic/molecular electron wave packets on a subfemtosecond timescale, resulting in the emission of attosecond bursts of extreme-ultraviolet light5, 6. Controlling the intra-atomic/molecular electron dynamics enables steering of the attosecond emission7, 8. Here, we carry out a coherent control in linear molecules, where the interaction of the laser-driven electron wave packet with the core leads to quantum interferences9, 10, 11, 12. We demonstrate that these interferences can be finely controlled by turning the molecular axis relative to the laser polarization, that is, changing the electron recollision angle. The wave-packet coulombic distortion modifies the spectral phase jump measured in the extreme-ultraviolet emission. Our attosecond control of the interference results in attosecond pulse shaping, useful for future applications in ultrafast coherent control of atomic and molecular processes. IS - 7 JF - Nat Phys EP - 549 TI - Coherent control of attosecond emission from aligned molecules PB - Nature Publishing Group VL - 4 SP - 545 KW - aligned-molecules KW - attosecond KW - coherent-control AU - Boutu, W AU - Haessler, S AU - Merdji, H AU - Breger, P AU - Waters, G AU - Stankiewicz, M AU - Frasinski, LJ AU - Taieb, R AU - Caillat, J AU - Maquet, A AU - Monchicourt, P AU - Carre, B AU - Salieres, P PY - 2008/07// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nphys964 ER -