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Femtosecond Spectroscopy with Vacuum Ultraviolet Pulse Pairs

Chemical Physics 2015-05-27 v1 Atomic Physics

Abstract

We combine different wavelengths from an intense high-order harmonics source with variable delay at the focus of a split-mirror interferometer to conduct pump-probe experiments on gas-phase molecules. We report measurements of the time resolution (<44 fs) and spatial profiles (4 {\mu}m x 12 {\mu}m) at the focus of the apparatus. We demonstrate the utility of this two-color, high-order-harmonic technique by time resolving molecular hydrogen elimination from C2H4 excited into its absorption band at 161 nm.

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@article{arxiv.1101.5958,
  title  = {Femtosecond Spectroscopy with Vacuum Ultraviolet Pulse Pairs},
  author = {T. K. Allison and T. W. Wright and A. M. Stooke and C. Khurmi and J. van Tilborg and Y. Liu and R. W. Falcone and A. Belkacem},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.5958},
  year   = {2015}
}