Isolated attosecond electron wave packet diffraction

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/20/8/083201

Abstract Wave-particle duality is one of the most fundamental and mysterious natures of matters. Here, we present an interesting scheme of isolated electron wave packet diffraction with a few-cycle laser pulse and an extreme ultraviolet (XUV) pulse. The diffraction fringes are clearly present in the laser dressed XUV photoelectron spectra, strongly resembling the Airy diffraction pattern of optical waves. This phenomenon suggests a great potential of attosecond diffractometry. According to this scheme we also propose a simple method to determine the XUV pulse duration from the photoelectron spectra with a rather high resolution.

Keywords: electron wave packet diffraction extreme ultraviolet pulse attosecond diffractometry

Received: 16 September 2010
Revised: 09 March 2011
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PACS:	32.80.Fb	(Photoionization of atoms and ions)
	79.60.Dp	(Adsorbed layers and thin films)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11005088), the Basic and Advanced Technology of Henan Province of China (Grant No. 102300410241), and the Scientific Research Foundation of Education Department of Henan Province of China (Grant Nos. 2009A140006 and 20116140018).

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Yu Ben-Hai(余本海), Zhang Dong-Ling(张东玲), and Tang Qing-Bin(汤清彬) Isolated attosecond electron wave packet diffraction 2011 Chin. Phys. B 20 083201

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