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Phase Measurement of Resonant Two-Photon Ionization in Helium

Atomic Physics 2010-05-19 v1 Optics

Abstract

We study resonant two-color two-photon ionization of Helium via the 1s3p 1P1 state. The first color is the 15th harmonic of a tunable titanium sapphire laser, while the second color is the fundamental laser radiation. Our method uses phase-locked high-order harmonics to determine the {\it phase} of the two-photon process by interferometry. The measurement of the two-photon ionization phase variation as a function of detuning from the resonance and intensity of the dressing field allows us to determine the intensity dependence of the transition energy.

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@article{arxiv.1002.2550,
  title  = {Phase Measurement of Resonant Two-Photon Ionization in Helium},
  author = {M. Swoboda and T. Fordell and K. Klünder and J. M. Dahlström and M. Miranda and C. Buth and K. J. Schafer and J. Mauritsson and A. L'Huillier and M. Gisselbrecht},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.2550},
  year   = {2010}
}

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4 pages, 5 figures, under consideration