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Pulse analysis by delayed absorption from a coherently excited atom

Quantum Physics 2018-11-26 v2 Atomic Physics

Abstract

In this tutorial we provide a short review of attosecond pulse characterization techniques and a pedagogical account of a recently proposed method called Pulse Analysis by Delayed Absorption (PANDA) [Pabst and Dahlstr\"om, Phys. Rev. A, 94, 13411 (2016)]. We discuss possible implementations of PANDA in alkali atoms using either principal quantum number wave packets or spin-orbit wave packets. The main merit of the PANDA method is that it can be used as a pulse characterization method that is free from atomic latency effects, such as scattering phase shifts and long-lived atomic resonances. Finally, we propose that combining the PANDA method with angle-resolved photoelectron detection should allow for experimental measurements of attosecond delays in photoionization from bound wave packets on the order of tens of attoseconds.

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@article{arxiv.1808.08102,
  title  = {Pulse analysis by delayed absorption from a coherently excited atom},
  author = {Jan Marcus Dahlström and Stefan Pabst and Eva Lindroth},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1808.08102},
  year   = {2018}
}

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12 pages, 7 figures

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