Attosecond Streaking Enables the Measurement of Quantum Phase

V. S. Yakovlev, J. Gagnon, N. Karpowicz, and F. Krausz
Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 073001 – Published 10 August 2010

Abstract

Attosecond streaking, as a measurement technique, was originally conceived as a means to characterize attosecond light pulses, which is a good approximation if the relevant transition matrix elements are approximately constant within the bandwidth of the light pulse. Our analysis of attosecond streaking measurements on systems with a complex response to the photoionizing pulse reveals the relation between the momentum-space wave function of the outgoing electron and the result of conventional retrieval algorithms. This finding enables the measurement of the quantum phase associated with bound-continuum transitions.

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  • Received 7 May 2010

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.073001

© 2010 The American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

V. S. Yakovlev1,2,*, J. Gagnon1,2, N. Karpowicz2, and F. Krausz1,2

  • 1Department für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Am Coulombwall 1
  • 2Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, Hans-Kopfermann-Straße 1, D-85748 Garching, Germany

  • *vladislav.yakovlev@physik.uni-muenchen.de

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Vol. 105, Iss. 7 — 13 August 2010

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