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Ertel D, Schmoll M, Kellerer S, Jäger A, Weissenbilder R, Moioli M, Ahmadi H, Busto D, Makos I, Frassetto F, Poletto L, Schröter CD, Pfeifer T, Moshammer R, Sansone G. Ultrastable, high-repetition-rate attosecond beamline for time-resolved XUV-IR coincidence spectroscopy. Rev Sci Instrum 2023; 94:073001. [PMID: 37404094 DOI: 10.1063/5.0139496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023]
Abstract
The implementation of attosecond photoelectron-photoion coincidence spectroscopy for the investigation of atomic and molecular dynamics calls for a high-repetition-rate driving source combined with experimental setups characterized by excellent stability for data acquisition over time intervals ranging from a few hours up to a few days. This requirement is crucial for the investigation of processes characterized by low cross sections and for the characterization of fully differential photoelectron(s) and photoion(s) angular and energy distributions. We demonstrate that the implementation of industrial-grade lasers, combined with a careful design of the delay line implemented in the pump-probe setup, allows one to reach ultrastable experimental conditions leading to an error in the estimation of the time delays of only 12 as over an acquisition time of 6.5 h. This result opens up new possibilities for the investigation of attosecond dynamics in simple quantum systems.
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- D Ertel
- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
- Department of Physics, Lund University, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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- CNR-Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (CNR-IFN), 35131 Padova, Italy
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- CNR-Institute for Photonics and Nanotechnologies (CNR-IFN), 35131 Padova, Italy
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, 67119 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, 67119 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Nuclear Physics, 67119 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany
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Nandi S, Plésiat E, Zhong S, Palacios A, Busto D, Isinger M, Neoričić L, Arnold CL, Squibb RJ, Feifel R, Decleva P, L’Huillier A, Martín F, Gisselbrecht M. Attosecond timing of electron emission from a molecular shape resonance. Sci Adv 2020; 6:eaba7762. [PMID: 32789174 PMCID: PMC7399650 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba7762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2020] [Accepted: 06/17/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Shape resonances in physics and chemistry arise from the spatial confinement of a particle by a potential barrier. In molecular photoionization, these barriers prevent the electron from escaping instantaneously, so that nuclei may move and modify the potential, thereby affecting the ionization process. By using an attosecond two-color interferometric approach in combination with high spectral resolution, we have captured the changes induced by the nuclear motion on the centrifugal barrier that sustains the well-known shape resonance in valence-ionized N2. We show that despite the nuclear motion altering the bond length by only 2%, which leads to tiny changes in the potential barrier, the corresponding change in the ionization time can be as large as 200 attoseconds. This result poses limits to the concept of instantaneous electronic transitions in molecules, which is at the basis of the Franck-Condon principle of molecular spectroscopy.
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- S. Nandi
- Department of Physics, Lund University, 22100 Lund, Sweden
- Université de Lyon, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, CNRS, Institut Lumière Matière, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Institute of Advanced Research in Chemical Sciences (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, 41296 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, 41296 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Universitá di Trieste and IOM-CNR, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- Departamento de Química, Módulo 13, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia), Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Donostia International Physics Center (DIPC), Paseo Manuel de Lardizabal 4, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain
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Isinger M, Busto D, Mikaelsson S, Zhong S, Guo C, Salières P, Arnold CL, L'Huillier A, Gisselbrecht M. Accuracy and precision of the RABBIT technique. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci 2019; 377:20170475. [PMID: 30929623 PMCID: PMC6452058 DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2017.0475] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/10/2019] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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One of the most ubiquitous techniques within attosecond science is the so-called reconstruction of attosecond beating by interference of two-photon transitions (RABBIT). Originally proposed for the characterization of attosecond pulses, it has been successfully applied to the accurate determination of time delays in photoemission. Here, we examine in detail, using numerical simulations, the effect of the spatial and temporal properties of the light fields and of the experimental procedure on the accuracy of the method. This allows us to identify the necessary conditions to achieve the best temporal precision in RABBIT measurements. This article is part of the theme issue 'Measurement of ultrafast electronic and structural dynamics with X-rays'.
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- M. Isinger
- Department of Physics, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22 100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22 100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22 100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22 100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22 100 Lund, Sweden
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- LIDYL, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22 100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22 100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, PO Box 118, 22 100 Lund, Sweden
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Isinger M, Squibb RJ, Busto D, Zhong S, Harth A, Kroon D, Nandi S, Arnold CL, Miranda M, Dahlström JM, Lindroth E, Feifel R, Gisselbrecht M, L’Huillier A. Photoionization in the time and frequency domain. Science 2017; 358:893-896. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aao7043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Accepted: 10/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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Ultrafast processes in matter, such as the electron emission after light absorption, can now be studied using ultrashort light pulses of attosecond duration (10−18 seconds) in the extreme ultraviolet spectral range. The lack of spectral resolution due to the use of short light pulses has raised issues in the interpretation of the experimental results and the comparison with theoretical calculations. We determine photoionization time delays in neon atoms over a 40–electron volt energy range with an interferometric technique combining high temporal and spectral resolution. We spectrally disentangle direct ionization from ionization with shake-up, in which a second electron is left in an excited state, and obtain excellent agreement with theoretical calculations, thereby solving a puzzle raised by 7-year-old measurements.
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- M. Isinger
- Department of Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22 100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, SE-41 296 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22 100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22 100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22 100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22 100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22 100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22 100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22 100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22 100 Lund, Sweden
- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, University of Gothenburg, Origovägen 6B, SE-41 296 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22 100 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Physics, Lund University, P.O. Box 118, SE-22 100 Lund, Sweden
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