179 research outputs found
Intensity-Resolved Above Threshold Ionization of Xenon with Short Laser Pulses
We present intensity-resolved above threshold ionization (ATI) spectra of
xenon using an intensity scanning and deconvolution technique. Experimental
data were obtained with laser pulses of 58 fs and central wavelength of 800 nm
from a chirped-pulse amplifier. Applying a deconvolution algorithm, we obtained
spectra that have higher contrast and are in excellent agreement with
characteristic 2 and 10 cutoff energies contrary to that found for
raw data. The retrieved electron ionization probability is consistent with the
presence of a second electron from double ionization. This recovered ionization
probability is confirmed with a calculation based on the PPT tunneling
ionization model [Perelomov, Popov, and Terent'ev, Sov. Phys. JETP 23, 924
(1966)]. Thus, the measurements of photoelectron yields and the proposed
deconvolution technique allowed retrieval of more accurate spectroscopic
information from the ATI spectra and ionization probability features that are
usually concealed by volume averaging.Comment: 21 pages, 7 figure
High-power mid-infrared frequency comb source based on a femtosecond Er:fiber oscillator
We report on a high-power mid-infrared frequency comb source based on a
femtosecond Er:fiber oscillator with a stabilized repetition rate at 250 MHz.
The mid-infrared frequency comb is produced through difference frequency
generation in a periodically poled MgO-doped lithium niobate crystal. The
output power is about 120 mW with a pulse duration of about 80 fs, and spectrum
coverage from 2.9 to 3.6 um. The coherence properties of the produced
high-power broadband mid-infrared frequency comb are maintained, which was
verified by heterodyne measurements. As the first application, the spectrum of
a ~200 ppm methane-air mixture in a short 20 cm glass cell at ambient
atmospheric pressure and temperature was measured.Comment: 3 pages, 5 figure
Frequency comb vernier spectroscopy in the near infrared
We perform femtosecond frequency comb vernier spectroscopy in the near
infrared with a femtosecond Er doped fiber laser, a scanning high-finesse
cavity and an InGaAs camera. By utilizing the properties of a frequency comb
and a scanning high-finesse cavity such spectroscopy provides broad spectral
bandwidth, high spectral resolution, and high detection sensitivity on a short
time scale. We achieved an absorption sensitivity of ~8E-8 cm-1Hz-1/2
corresponding to a detection limit of ~70 ppbv for acetylene, with a resolution
of ~1.1 GHz in single images taken in 0.5 seconds and covering a frequency
range of ~5 THz. These measurements have broad applications for sensing other
greenhouse gases in this fingerprint near IR region with a simple apparatus.Comment: 14 pages, 5 figure
Reconstruction of ionization probabilities from spatially averaged data in N-dimensions
We present an analytical inversion technique which can be used to recover
ionization probabilities from spatially averaged data in an N-dimensional
detection scheme. The solution is given as a power series in intensity. For
this reason, we call this technique a multiphoton expansion (MPE). The MPE
formalism was verified with an exactly solvable inversion problem in 2D, and
probabilities in the postsaturation region, where the intensity-selective
scanning approach breaks down, were recovered. In 3D, ionization probabilities
of Xe were successfully recovered with MPE from simulated (using the ADK
tunneling theory) ion yields. Finally, we tested our approach with
intensity-resolved benzene ion yields showing a resonant multiphoton ionization
process. By applying MPE to this data (which was artificially averaged) the
resonant structure was recovered-suggesting that the resonance in benzene may
have been observable in spatially averaged data taken elsewhere.Comment: 19 pages and 3 figure
Surface plasmon resonance study of the actin-myosin sarcomeric complex and tubulin dimers
Biosensors based on the principle of surface plasmon resonance (SPR)
detection were used to measure biomolecular interactions in sarcomeres and
changes of the dielectric constant of tubulin samples with varying
concentration. At SPR, photons of laser light efficiently excite surface
plasmons propagating along a metal (gold) film. This resonance manifests itself
as a sharp minimum in the reflection of the incident laser light and occurs at
a characteristic angle. The dependence of the SPR angle on the dielectric
permittivity of the sample medium adjacent to the gold film allows the
monitoring of molecular interactions at the surface. We present results of
measurements of cross-bridge attachment/detachment within intact mouse heart
muscle sarcomeres and measurements on bovine tubulin molecules pertinent to
cytoskeletal signal transduction models.Comment: Submitted to Journal of Modern Optics *Corresponding author: Andreas
Mershin ([email protected]
Photodisintegration of aligned deuterons at astrophysical energies using linearly polarized photons
Following the model independent approach to deuteron photodisintegration with
linearly polarized rays, we show that the measurements of the tensor
analyzing powers on aligned deuterons along with the differential cross section
involve five different linear combinations of the isovector
amplitudes interfering with the isoscalar and amplitudes. This is
of current interest in view of the recent experimental finding
\cite{blackston1} that the three amplitudes are distinct and also the
reported experimental observation \cite{sawatzky} on the front-back (polar
angle) asymmetry in the differential cross section.Comment: 12 page
Real-time dual frequency comb spectroscopy in the near infrared
We use two femtosecond Erbium-doped fiber lasers with slightly different
repetition rates to perform a modern type of Fourier transform spectroscopy
without moving parts. The measurements are done in real time, and it takes less
than 50 microseconds. We work with somewhat different spectral outputs from two
Erbium-doped fiber lasers and employ spectral filtering based on a 2f-2f
grating setup to select the common spectral region of interest, thereby
increasing the signal-to-noise ratio. The interferogram is taken with a 20 cm
long gas cell, containing a mixture of acetylene and air at atmospheric
pressure, and is fast-Fourier-transformed to obtain the broadband spectral
fingerprint of the gas.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
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