Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-14-2018
Abstract
Ionisation with ultrashort pulses in the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) regime can be used to prepare an ion in a superposition of spin-orbit substates. In this work, we study the coherence properties of such a superposition, created by ionising xenon atoms using two phase-locked XUV pulses at different frequencies. In general, if the duration of the driving pulse exceeds the quantum beat period, dephasing will occur. If however, the frequency difference of the two pulses matches the spin-orbit splitting, the coherence can be efficiently increased and dephasing does not occur.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Recommended Citation
Carlström, S., Mauritsson, J., Schafer, K., L'Huillier, A., & Gisselbrecht, M. (2018). Quantum coherence in photo-ionisation with tailored XUV pulses. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 51 (1) https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/aa96e7