Optical phase control of coherent electron dynamics in metals

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作者
Petek, H [1 ]
Heberle, AP [1 ]
Nessler, W [1 ]
Nagano, H [1 ]
Kubota, S [1 ]
Matsunami, S [1 ]
Moriya, N [1 ]
Ogawa, S [1 ]
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[1] HITACHI CAMBRIDGE LAB,CAMBRIDGE CB3 0HE,ENGLAND
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.4649
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
The control of electron distribution excited in a metal through optical phase of the excitation light is demonstrated. Two-photon photoemission from the Cu(lll) surface is excited either by a pair of similar to 15 fs laser pulses with a mutual delay fixed to an accuracy of +/-0.025 fs, or by a single, frequency-chirped pulse. As a consequence of optical coherence in the two-photon excitation process, the photoemission spectra do not only depend on the frequency, as in conventional spectroscopy, but also on the phase of the excitation light. This may be a general phenomenon in multiphoton ionization.
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