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Author: Bredtmann, Timm × Start date: 2010 ×

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    Strong-field assisted extreme-ultraviolet lasing in atoms and molecules
    ([Bad Honnef] : Dt. Physikalische Ges., 2017-07-10) Bredtmann, Timm; Patchkovskii, Serguei; Ivanov, Misha Yu
    Using ab-initio simulations, we demonstrate amplification of extreme-ultraviolet (XUV) radiation during transient absorption in a high-harmonic generation type process using the example of the hydrogen atom. The strong IR driving field rapidly depletes the initial ground state while populating excited electronic states through frustrated tunnelling, thereby creating a population inversion. Concomitant XUV lasing is demonstrated by explicit inclusion of the XUV seed in our simulations, allowing a thorough analysis in terms of this transient absorption setup. Possibilities for increasing this gain, e.g. through preexcitation of excited states, change of the atomic gain medium or through multi-center effects in molecules, are demonstrated. Our findings should lead to a reinterpretation of recent experiments.
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    Molecular orbital imprint in laser-driven electron recollision
    (Washington, DC [u.a.] : Assoc., 2018) Schell, Felix; Bredtmann, Timm; Schulz, Claus Peter; Patchkovskii, Serguei; Vrakking, Marc J. J.; Mikosch, Jochen
    Electrons released by strong-field ionization from atoms and molecules or in solids can be accelerated in the oscillating laser field and driven back to their ion core. The ensuing interaction, phase-locked to the optical cycle, initiates the central processes underlying attosecond science. A common assumption assigns a single, welldefined return direction to the recolliding electron. We study laser-induced electron rescattering associated with two different ionization continua in the same, spatially aligned, polyatomic molecule. We show by experiment and theory that the electron return probability is molecular frame-dependent and carries structural information on the ionized orbital. The returning wave packet structure has to be accounted for in analyzing strong-field spectroscopy experiments that critically depend on the interaction of the laser-driven continuum electron, such as laser-induced electron diffraction.