71 research outputs found
Multiple electron trapping in the fragmentation of strongly driven molecules
We present a theoretical quasiclassical study of the formation, during
Coulomb explosion, of two highly excited neutral H atoms (double H) of
strongly driven H. In this process, after the laser field is turned off
each electron occupies a Rydberg state of an H atom. We show that two-electron
effects are important in order to correctly account for double H
formation. We find that the route to forming two H atoms is similar to
pathway B that was identified in Phys. Rev. A {\bf 85} 011402 (R) as one of the
two routes leading to single H formation. However, instead of one
ionization step being "frustrated" as is the case for pathway B, both
ionization steps are "frustrated" in double H formation. Moreover, we
compute the screened nuclear charge that drives the explosion of the nuclei
during double H formation.Comment: 4 pages, 6 figure
VUV frequency combs from below-threshold harmonics
Recent demonstrations of high-harmonic generation (HHG) at very high
repetition frequencies (~100 MHz) may allow for the revolutionary transfer of
frequency combs to the vacuum ultraviolet (VUV). This advance necessitates
unifying optical frequency comb technology with strong-field atomic physics.
While strong-field studies of HHG have often focused on above-threshold
harmonic generation (photon energy above the ionization potential), for VUV
frequency combs an understanding of below-threshold harmonic orders and their
generation process is crucial. Here we present a new and quantitative study of
the harmonics 7-13 generated below and near the ionization threshold in xenon
gas. We show multiple generation pathways for these harmonics that are
manifested as on-axis interference in the harmonic yield. This discovery
provides a new understanding of the strong-field, below-threshold dynamics
under the influence of an atomic potential and allows us to quantitatively
assess the achievable coherence of a VUV frequency comb generated through below
threshold harmonics. We find that under reasonable experimental conditions
temporal coherence is maintained. As evidence we present the first explicit VUV
frequency comb structure beyond the 3rd harmonic.Comment: 16 pages, 4 figures, 1 tabl
Interpreting Attoclock Measurements of Tunnelling Times
Resolving in time the dynamics of light absorption by atoms and molecules,
and the electronic rearrangement this induces, is among the most challenging
goals of attosecond spectroscopy. The attoclock is an elegant approach to this
problem, which encodes ionization times in the strong-field regime. However,
the accurate reconstruction of these times from experimental data presents a
formidable theoretical challenge. Here, we solve this problem by combining
analytical theory with ab-initio numerical simulations. We apply our theory to
numerical attoclock experiments on the hydrogen atom to extract ionization time
delays and analyse their nature. Strong field ionization is often viewed as
optical tunnelling through the barrier created by the field and the core
potential. We show that, in the hydrogen atom, optical tunnelling is
instantaneous. By calibrating the attoclock using the hydrogen atom, our method
opens the way to identify possible delays associated with multielectron
dynamics during strong-field ionization.Comment: 33 pages, 10 figures, 3 appendixe
Strong field approximation within a Faddeev-like formalism for laser-matter interactions
We consider the interaction of atomic hydrogen with an intense laser field
within the strong-field approximation. By using a Faddeev-like formalism, we
introduce a new perturbative series in the binding potential of the atom. As a
first test of this new approach, we calculate the electron energy spectrum in
the very simple case of a photon energy higher than the ionisation potential.
We show that by contrast to the standard perturbative series in the binding
potential obtained within the strong field approximation, the first terms of
the new series converge rapidly towards the results we get by solving the
corresponding time-dependent Schroedinger equation.Comment: 7 pages, 1 figur
Attoclock reveals natural coordinates of the laser-induced tunnelling current flow in atoms
Excitation of He atoms in the strong-field tunneling regime
We report on strong-field excitation of He atoms with two interfering laser pulses of various polarization. The results are explained within the frustrated tunneling ionization model which describes multi-photon excitation in the strong-field tunneling regime
Spectral broadening of 112 mJ, 1.3 ps pulses at 5 kHz in a LG<sub>10</sub> multipass cell with compressibility to 37 fs
Terpene cyclases from social Amoebae
Genome sequences of social amoebae reveal the presence of terpene cyclases (TCs) in these organisms. Two TCs from Dictyostelium discoideum converted farnesyl diphosphate into (2S,3R,6S,9S)-(−)-protoillud-7-ene and (3S)-(+)-asterisca-2(9),6-diene. The enzyme mechanisms and EI-MS fragmentations of the products were studied by labeling experiments
Investigating Solvent Effects of an Ionic Liquid on Pericyclic Reactions through Kinetic Analyses of Simple Rearrangements
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