Imaging charge migration in the asymmetric molecule with the holographic interference in strong-field tunneling ionization

Coherent superposition of several electronic states in molecules induces attosecond charge migration. We theoretically demonstrate a way to observe this attosecond charge migration in the asymmetric molecule HeH2+ using strong-field photoelectron holography, complementary to our previous work (He M et al 2018 Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 133204) where the charge migration in the symmetric molecule was monitored. We disentangle the holographic interference from other types of interference in the photoelectron momentum distribution with the Fourier frequency filter method. By employing the holographic fringes originating from the ground state of HeH2+ as a reference, we develop a feasible approach to visualize the charge migration in the asymmetric molecule with attosecond temporal resolution.

[1]  P. Lu,et al.  Attosecond control of correlated electron dynamics in strong-field nonsequential double ionization by parallel two-color pulses , 2018, Optics & Laser Technology.

[2]  P. Lu,et al.  Momentum gate for tunneling electrons with a circularly polarized control field , 2018 .

[3]  Weiwei Liu,et al.  Adiabatic transfer of surface plasmons in non-Hermitian graphene waveguides , 2018, Optical and Quantum Electronics.

[4]  Peixiang Lu,et al.  Real-Time Observation of Molecular Spinning with Angular High-Harmonic Spectroscopy. , 2018, Physical review letters.

[5]  Weiwei Liu,et al.  Mode conversion and absorption in an optical waveguide under cascaded complex modulations , 2018, Optical and Quantum Electronics.

[6]  P. Lu,et al.  Direct Visualization of Valence Electron Motion Using Strong-Field Photoelectron Holography. , 2018, Physical review letters.

[7]  P. Lu,et al.  Rabi oscillation in few-photon double ionization through doubly excited states , 2018 .

[8]  P. Lu,et al.  Identifying the contributions of multiple-returning recollision orbits in strong-field above-threshold ionization , 2018 .

[9]  N. I. Shvetsov-Shilovski,et al.  Effects of the Coulomb potential in interference patterns of strong-field holography with photoelectrons , 2017, 1711.01838.

[10]  F. Ardana-Lamas,et al.  Streaking of 43-attosecond soft-X-ray pulses generated by a passively CEP-stable mid-infrared driver. , 2017, Optics express.

[11]  A. Bandrauk,et al.  Exploring coherent electron excitation and migration dynamics by electron diffraction with ultrashort X-ray pulses. , 2017, Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP.

[12]  N. I. Shvetsov-Shilovski,et al.  Dynamics of valence-shell electrons and nuclei probed by strong-field holography and rescattering , 2017, Nature Communications.

[13]  P. Lu,et al.  Revealing the target structure information encoded in strong-field photoelectron hologram , 2017 .

[14]  A. Bandrauk,et al.  Monitoring coherent electron wave packet excitation dynamics by two-color attosecond laser pulses. , 2016, The Journal of chemical physics.

[15]  R. Kienberger,et al.  Attosecond correlation dynamics , 2016, Nature Physics.

[16]  T. Morishita,et al.  Near-Forward Rescattering Photoelectron Holography in Strong-Field Ionization: Extraction of the Phase of the Scattering Amplitude. , 2016, Physical review letters.

[17]  P. Corkum,et al.  Probing Molecular Dynamics by Laser-Induced Backscattering Holography. , 2016, Physical review letters.

[18]  P. Lu,et al.  Temporal and spatial manipulation of the recolliding wave packet in strong-field photoelectron holography , 2016 .

[19]  Salvatore Stagira,et al.  Advances in attosecond science , 2016 .

[20]  Xiaojun Liu,et al.  Attosecond interference induced by Coulomb-field-driven transverse backward-scattering electron wave packets , 2016, 1602.05668.

[21]  F. Remacle,et al.  Measurement and laser control of attosecond charge migration in ionized iodoacetylene , 2015, Science.

[22]  M. Kunitski,et al.  Streaking temporal double slit interference by an orthogonal two-color laser field , 2015, Physical review letters.

[23]  X. Xie.  Two-dimensional attosecond electron wave-packet interferometry. , 2014, Physical review letters.

[24]  F. Martín,et al.  Reconstruction and control of a time-dependent two-electron wave packet , 2014, Nature.

[25]  L. Poletto,et al.  Ultrafast electron dynamics in phenylalanine initiated by attosecond pulses , 2014, Science.

[26]  Serguei Patchkovskii,et al.  Signatures of the continuum electron phase in molecular strong-field photoelectron holography , 2014, Nature Physics.

[27]  A. Bandrauk,et al.  Orientation-dependent forward-backward photoelectron holography from asymmetric molecules , 2014 .

[28]  Marc J. J. Vrakking,et al.  Attosecond molecular dynamics: fact or fiction? , 2014, Nature Photonics.

[29]  M. Vacher,et al.  Coupled electron-nuclear dynamics: charge migration and charge transfer initiated near a conical intersection. , 2013, The Journal of chemical physics.

[30]  S. Lin,et al.  Coherent π-electron dynamics of (P)-2,2'-biphenol induced by ultrashort linearly polarized UV pulses: angular momentum and ring current. , 2013, The Journal of chemical physics.

[31]  M. Nisoli,et al.  Observation of Ultrafast Charge Migration in an Amino Acid. , 2012, The journal of physical chemistry letters.

[32]  A. Bandrauk,et al.  Orientation dependence of nonadiabatic molecular high-order-harmonic generation from resonant polar molecules , 2012 .

[33]  A. Bandrauk,et al.  Attosecond time-resolved imaging of molecular structure by photoelectron holography. , 2012, Physical review letters.

[34]  A. Bandrauk,et al.  High-order-harmonic generation from coherent electron wave packets in atoms and molecules as a tool for monitoring attosecond electrons , 2012 .

[35]  L. Cederbaum,et al.  Radiation generated by the ultrafast migration of a positive charge following the ionization of a molecular system. , 2011, Physical review letters.

[36]  H. G. Muller,et al.  Time-Resolved Holography with Photoelectrons , 2011, Science.

[37]  Stephen R. Leone,et al.  Real-time observation of valence electron motion , 2010, Nature.

[38]  K. Ishikawa,et al.  Intracycle and intercycle interferences in above-threshold ionization: The time grating , 2009, 0912.5470.

[39]  L. Cederbaum,et al.  Ultrafast charge migration in 2-phenylethyl-N,N-dimethylamine , 2008 .

[40]  X. Tong,et al.  Numerical observation of the rescattering wave packet in laser-atom interactions. , 2007, Physical review letters.

[41]  F Remacle,et al.  An electronic time scale in chemistry. , 2006, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

[42]  A. Baltuska,et al.  Attosecond double-slit experiment. , 2005, Physical review letters.

[43]  P. Corkum,et al.  Mapping attosecond electron wave packet motion. , 2005, Physical review letters.

[44]  L. Cederbaum,et al.  Universal attosecond response to the removal of an electron. , 2005, Physical review letters.