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Pancaldi M, Strüber C, Friedrich B, Pedersoli E, De Angelis D, Nikolov IP, Manfredda M, Foglia L, Yulin S, Spezzani C, Sacchi M, Eisebitt S, von Korff Schmising C, Capotondi F. The COMIX polarimeter: a compact device for XUV polarization analysis. J Synchrotron Radiat 2022; 29:969-977. [PMID: 35787562 PMCID: PMC9255573 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577522004027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We report on the characterization of a novel extreme-ultraviolet polarimeter based on conical mirrors to simultaneously detect all the components of the electric field vector for extreme-ultraviolet radiation in the 45-90 eV energy range. The device has been characterized using a variable polarization source at the Elettra synchrotron, showing good performance in the ability to determine the radiation polarization. Furthermore, as a possible application of the device, Faraday spectroscopy and time-resolved experiments have been performed at the Fe M2,3-edge on an FeGd ferrimagnetic thin film using the FERMI free-electron laser source. The instrument is shown to be able to detect the small angular variation induced by an optical external stimulus on the polarization state of the light after interaction with magnetic thin film, making the device an appealing tool for magnetization dynamics research.
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- Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, 34149 Basovizza, Italy
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- Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF, Albert-Einstein-Straße 7, 07745 Jena, Germany
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste SCpA, 34149 Basovizza, Italy
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Institut des NanoSciences de Paris, INSP, 75005 Paris, France
- Synchrotron SOLEIL, L’Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, BP 48, 91192 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Strasse des 17 Juni 135, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Büttner F, Pfau B, Böttcher M, Schneider M, Mercurio G, Günther CM, Hessing P, Klose C, Wittmann A, Gerlinger K, Kern LM, Strüber C, von Korff Schmising C, Fuchs J, Engel D, Churikova A, Huang S, Suzuki D, Lemesh I, Huang M, Caretta L, Weder D, Gaida JH, Möller M, Harvey TR, Zayko S, Bagschik K, Carley R, Mercadier L, Schlappa J, Yaroslavtsev A, Le Guyarder L, Gerasimova N, Scherz A, Deiter C, Gort R, Hickin D, Zhu J, Turcato M, Lomidze D, Erdinger F, Castoldi A, Maffessanti S, Porro M, Samartsev A, Sinova J, Ropers C, Mentink JH, Dupé B, Beach GSD, Eisebitt S. Observation of fluctuation-mediated picosecond nucleation of a topological phase. Nat Mater 2021; 20:30-37. [PMID: 33020615 DOI: 10.1038/s41563-020-00807-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2020] [Accepted: 08/20/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Topological states of matter exhibit fascinating physics combined with an intrinsic stability. A key challenge is the fast creation of topological phases, which requires massive reorientation of charge or spin degrees of freedom. Here we report the picosecond emergence of an extended topological phase that comprises many magnetic skyrmions. The nucleation of this phase, followed in real time via single-shot soft X-ray scattering after infrared laser excitation, is mediated by a transient topological fluctuation state. This state is enabled by the presence of a time-reversal symmetry-breaking perpendicular magnetic field and exists for less than 300 ps. Atomistic simulations indicate that the fluctuation state largely reduces the topological energy barrier and thereby enables the observed rapid and homogeneous nucleation of the skyrmion phase. These observations provide fundamental insights into the nature of topological phase transitions, and suggest a path towards ultrafast topological switching in a wide variety of materials through intermediate fluctuating states.
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- Felix Büttner
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
- Helmholtz-Zentrum für Materialien und Energie GmbH, Berlin, Germany.
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- Zentraleinrichtung Elektronenmikroskopie (ZELMI), Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- 4th Physical Institute, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- 4th Physical Institute, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- 4th Physical Institute, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- 4th Physical Institute, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Hamburg, Germany
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- European XFEL, Schenefeld, Germany
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- Institute of Computer Engineering, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Milano, Milano, Italy
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
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- 4th Physical Institute, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany
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- Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Institut für Physik, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Nanomat/Q-mat/CESAM, Université de Liège, Belgium and Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS), Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
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- Max-Born-Institut, Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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Yao K, Willems F, von Korff Schmising C, Strüber C, Hessing P, Pfau B, Schick D, Engel D, Gerlinger K, Schneider M, Eisebitt S. A tabletop setup for ultrafast helicity-dependent and element-specific absorption spectroscopy and scattering in the extreme ultraviolet spectral range. Rev Sci Instrum 2020; 91:093001. [PMID: 33003828 DOI: 10.1063/5.0013928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 09/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Further advances in the field of ultrafast magnetization dynamics require experimental tools to measure the spin and electron dynamics with element-specificity and femtosecond temporal resolution. We present a new laboratory setup for two complementary experiments with light in the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) spectral range. One experiment is designed for polarization-dependent transient spectroscopy, particularly for simultaneous measurements of magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) at the 3p resonances of the 3d transition metals Fe, Co, and Ni. The second instrument is designed for resonant small-angle scattering experiments with monochromatic light allowing us to monitor spin dynamics with spatial information on the nanometer scale. We combine a high harmonic generation (HHG) source with a phase shifter to obtain XUV pulses with variable polarization and a flux of about (3 ± 1) × 1010 photons/s/harmonic at 60 eV at the source. A dedicated reference spectrometer effectively reduces the intensity fluctuations of the HHG spectrum to below 0.12% rms. We demonstrate the capabilities of the setup by capturing the energy- and polarization-dependent absorption of a thin Co film as well as the time-resolved small-angle scattering in a magnetic-domain network of a Co/Pt multilayer. The new laboratory setup allows systematic studies of optically induced spin and electron dynamics with element-specificity, particularly with MCD as the contrast mechanism with femtosecond temporal resolution and an unprecedented signal-to-noise ratio.
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- Kelvin Yao
- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Straße 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Straße 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Straße 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Straße 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Straße 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Straße 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Straße 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Straße 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Straße 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Straße 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Straße 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Weder D, von Korff Schmising C, Günther CM, Schneider M, Engel D, Hessing P, Strüber C, Weigand M, Vodungbo B, Jal E, Liu X, Merhe A, Pedersoli E, Capotondi F, Lüning J, Pfau B, Eisebitt S. Transient magnetic gratings on the nanometer scale. Struct Dyn 2020; 7:054501. [PMID: 32923511 PMCID: PMC7481012 DOI: 10.1063/4.0000017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Laser-driven non-local electron dynamics in ultrathin magnetic samples on a sub-10 nm length scale is a key process in ultrafast magnetism. However, the experimental access has been challenging due to the nanoscopic and femtosecond nature of such transport processes. Here, we present a scattering-based experiment relying on a laser-induced electro- and magneto-optical grating in a Co/Pd ferromagnetic multilayer as a new technique to investigate non-local magnetization dynamics on nanometer length and femtosecond timescales. We induce a spatially modulated excitation pattern using tailored Al near-field masks with varying periodicities on a nanometer length scale and measure the first four diffraction orders in an x-ray scattering experiment with magnetic circular dichroism contrast at the free-electron laser facility FERMI, Trieste. The design of the periodic excitation mask leads to a strongly enhanced and characteristic transient scattering response allowing for sub-wavelength in-plane sensitivity for magnetic structures. In conjunction with scattering simulations, the experiment allows us to infer that a potential ultrafast lateral expansion of the initially excited regions of the magnetic film mediated by hot-electron transport and spin transport remains confined to below three nanometers.
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- D. Weder
- Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Zentraleinrichtung Elektronenmikroskopie (ZELMI), Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique–Matière et Rayonnement, LCPMR, 75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique–Matière et Rayonnement, LCPMR, 75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique–Matière et Rayonnement, LCPMR, 75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Laboratoire de Chimie Physique–Matière et Rayonnement, LCPMR, 75005 Paris, France
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Basovizza, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Elettra-Sincrotrone Trieste, Basovizza, 34149 Trieste, Italy
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- Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Dewhurst JK, Willems F, Elliott P, Li QZ, Schmising CVK, Strüber C, Engel DW, Eisebitt S, Sharma S. Element Specificity of Transient Extreme Ultraviolet Magnetic Dichroism. Phys Rev Lett 2020; 124:077203. [PMID: 32142343 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.124.077203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/01/2019] [Accepted: 01/22/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In this work we combine theory and experiment to study transient magnetic circular dichroism (TRMCD) in the extreme ultraviolet spectral range in bulk Co and CoPt. We use the ab initio method of real-time time-dependent density functional theory to simulate the magnetization dynamics in the presence of short laser pulses. From this we demonstrate how TRMCD may be calculated using an approximation to the excited-state linear response. We apply this approximation to Co and CoPt and show computationally that element-specific dynamics of the local spin moments can be extracted from the TRMCD in the extreme ultraviolet energy range, as is commonly assumed. We then compare our theoretical prediction for the TRMCD for CoPt with experimental measurement and find excellent agreement at many different frequencies including the M_{23} edge of Co and N_{67} and O_{23} edges of Pt.
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- J K Dewhurst
- Max-Planck-Institut für Mikrostrukturphysik, Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Willems F, von Korff Schmising C, Strüber C, Schick D, Engel DW, Dewhurst JK, Elliott P, Sharma S, Eisebitt S. Optical inter-site spin transfer probed by energy and spin-resolved transient absorption spectroscopy. Nat Commun 2020; 11:871. [PMID: 32054855 PMCID: PMC7018696 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-14691-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2019] [Accepted: 01/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Optically driven spin transport is the fastest and most efficient process to manipulate macroscopic magnetization as it does not rely on secondary mechanisms to dissipate angular momentum. In the present work, we show that such an optical inter-site spin transfer (OISTR) from Pt to Co emerges as a dominant mechanism governing the ultrafast magnetization dynamics of a CoPt alloy. To demonstrate this, we perform a joint theoretical and experimental investigation to determine the transient changes of the helicity dependent absorption in the extreme ultraviolet spectral range. We show that the helicity dependent absorption is directly related to changes of the transient spin-split density of states, allowing us to link the origin of OISTR to the available minority states above the Fermi level. This makes OISTR a general phenomenon in optical manipulation of multi-component magnetic systems.
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- Felix Willems
- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489, Berlin, Germany.
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, 06120, Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489, Berlin, Germany
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489, Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623, Berlin, Germany
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Willems F, Sharma S, V Korff Schmising C, Dewhurst JK, Salemi L, Schick D, Hessing P, Strüber C, Engel WD, Eisebitt S. Magneto-Optical Functions at the 3p Resonances of Fe, Co, and Ni: Ab initio Description and Experiment. Phys Rev Lett 2019; 122:217202. [PMID: 31283338 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.122.217202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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We present experimental data and a complete theoretical description of the magneto-optical contributions to the complex refractive index in the extreme ultraviolet (XUV) range covering the 3p resonances of Fe, Co, and Ni. The direct comparison of the two allows us to conclude that many-body corrections to the ground state and local field effects are crucial for an accurate description of M-edge spectra. Our results are relevant for investigation of static magnetization, via XUV spectroscopy of multielement systems, as well as the dynamics of magnetization, as needed in the study of femtomagnetism and spintronics.
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- F Willems
- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institute for Microstructure Physics, Weinberg 2, 06120 Halle (Saale), Germany
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Materials Theory, Uppsala University, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics and Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Kleine C, Ekimova M, Goldsztejn G, Raabe S, Strüber C, Ludwig J, Yarlagadda S, Eisebitt S, Vrakking MJJ, Elsaesser T, Nibbering ETJ, Rouzée A. Soft X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of Aqueous Solutions Using a Table-Top Femtosecond Soft X-ray Source. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:52-58. [PMID: 30547598 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b03420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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We demonstrate the feasibility of soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy in the water window using a table-top laser-based approach with organic molecules and inorganic salts in aqueous solution. A high-order harmonic source delivers femtosecond pulses of short wavelength radiation in the photon energy range from 220 to 450 eV. We report static soft X-ray absorption measurements in transmission on the solvated compounds O=C(NH2)2, CaCl2, and NaNO3 using flatjet technology. We monitor the absorption of the molecular samples between the carbon (∼280 eV) and nitrogen (∼400 eV) K-edges and compare our results with previous measurements performed at the BESSYII facility. We discuss the roles of pulse stability and photon flux in the outcome of our experiments. Our work paves the way toward table-top femtosecond, solution-phase soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy in the water window.
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- Carlo Kleine
- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie , Max-Born-Strasse 2a , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie , Max-Born-Strasse 2a , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie , Max-Born-Strasse 2a , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie , Max-Born-Strasse 2a , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie , Max-Born-Strasse 2a , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie , Max-Born-Strasse 2a , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie , Max-Born-Strasse 2a , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie , Max-Born-Strasse 2a , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie , Max-Born-Strasse 2a , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie , Max-Born-Strasse 2a , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie , Max-Born-Strasse 2a , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut für Nichtlineare Optik und Kurzzeitspektroskopie , Max-Born-Strasse 2a , 12489 Berlin , Germany
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Schütte B, Peltz C, Austin DR, Strüber C, Ye P, Rouzée A, Vrakking MJJ, Golubev N, Kuleff AI, Fennel T, Marangos JP. Low-Energy Electron Emission in the Strong-Field Ionization of Rare Gas Clusters. Phys Rev Lett 2018; 121:063202. [PMID: 30141654 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.121.063202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Clusters and nanoparticles have been widely investigated to determine how plasmonic near fields influence the strong-field induced energetic electron emission from finite systems. We focus on the contrary, i.e., the slow electrons, and discuss a hitherto unidentified low-energy structure (LES) in the photoemission spectra of rare gas clusters in intense near-infrared laser pulses. For Ar and Kr clusters we find, besides field-driven fast electrons, a robust and nearly isotropic emission of electrons with <4 eV kinetic energies that dominates the total yield. Molecular dynamics simulations reveal a correlated few-body decay process involving quasifree electrons and multiply excited ions in the nonequilibrium nanoplasma that results in a dominant LES feature. Our results indicate that the LES emission occurs after significant nanoplasma expansion, and that it is a generic phenomenon in intense laser nanoparticle interactions, which is likely to influence the formation of highly charged ions.
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- Bernd Schütte
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 23, 18059 Rostock, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, United Kingdom
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- Max-Born-Institut, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Theoretische Chemie, PCI, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Theoretische Chemie, PCI, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 229, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
- ELI-ALPS, Budapesti út 5, H-6728 Szeged, Hungary
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- Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 23, 18059 Rostock, Germany
- Max-Born-Institut, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, SW7 2AZ London, United Kingdom
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Johnson AS, Wood D, Austin DR, Brahms C, Gregory A, Holzner KB, Jarosch S, Larsen EW, Parker S, Strüber C, Ye P, Tisch JWG, Marangos JP. Apparatus for soft x-ray table-top high harmonic generation. Rev Sci Instrum 2018; 89:083110. [PMID: 30184663 DOI: 10.1063/1.5041498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/29/2018] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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There has been considerable recent interest in tabletop soft X-ray attosecond sources enabled by the new generation of intense, few-cycle laser sources at operating wavelengths longer than 800 nm. In our recent work [Johnson et al., Sci. Adv. 4(5), eaar3761 (2018)], we have demonstrated a new regime for the generation of X-ray attosecond pulses in the water window (284-540 eV) by high-harmonic generation, which resulted in soft X-ray fluxes of ≈109 photons/s and a maximum photon energy of 600 eV, an order of magnitude and 50 eV higher, respectively, than previously attained with few-cycle drivers. Here we present the key elements of our apparatus for the generation and detection of soft X-ray high harmonic radiation in the water window. Of critical importance is a differentially pumped gas target capable of supporting the multi-atmospheric pressures required to phase-match the high energy emission while strongly constraining the gas density, suppressing the effects of ionization and absorption outside the interaction region.
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- Allan S Johnson
- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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Siek F, Neb S, Bartz P, Hensen M, Strüber C, Fiechter S, Torrent-Sucarrat M, Silkin VM, Krasovskii EE, Kabachnik NM, Fritzsche S, Muiño RD, Echenique PM, Kazansky AK, Müller N, Pfeiffer W, Heinzmann U. Angular momentum–induced delays in solid-state photoemission enhanced by intra-atomic interactions. Science 2017; 357:1274-1277. [DOI: 10.1126/science.aam9598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2017] [Accepted: 08/11/2017] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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von Korff Schmising C, Weder D, Noll T, Pfau B, Hennecke M, Strüber C, Radu I, Schneider M, Staeck S, Günther CM, Lüning J, Merhe AED, Buck J, Hartmann G, Viefhaus J, Treusch R, Eisebitt S. Generating circularly polarized radiation in the extreme ultraviolet spectral range at the free-electron laser FLASH. Rev Sci Instrum 2017; 88:053903. [PMID: 28571434 DOI: 10.1063/1.4983056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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A new device for polarization control at the free electron laser facility FLASH1 at DESY has been commissioned for user operation. The polarizer is based on phase retardation upon reflection off metallic mirrors. Its performance is characterized in three independent measurements and confirms the theoretical predictions of efficient and broadband generation of circularly polarized radiation in the extreme ultraviolet spectral range from 35 eV to 90 eV. The degree of circular polarization reaches up to 90% while maintaining high total transmission values exceeding 30%. The simple design of the device allows straightforward alignment for user operation and rapid switching between left and right circularly polarized radiation.
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- Max-Born-Institut Berlin, Max-Born-Str. 2a, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut Berlin, Max-Born-Str. 2a, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut Berlin, Max-Born-Str. 2a, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut Berlin, Max-Born-Str. 2a, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut Berlin, Max-Born-Str. 2a, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, UMR 7614, LCPMR, 75005 Paris, France
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- Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Université Paris 06, UMR 7614, LCPMR, 75005 Paris, France
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, 22607 Hamburg, Germany
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- Max-Born-Institut Berlin, Max-Born-Str. 2a, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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Schütte B, Ye P, Patchkovskii S, Austin DR, Brahms C, Strüber C, Witting T, Ivanov MY, Tisch JWG, Marangos JP. Strong-field ionization of clusters using two-cycle pulses at 1.8 μm. Sci Rep 2016; 6:39664. [PMID: 28009012 PMCID: PMC5180105 DOI: 10.1038/srep39664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2016] [Accepted: 11/24/2016] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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The interaction of intense laser pulses with nanoscale particles leads to the production of high-energy electrons, ions, neutral atoms, neutrons and photons. Up to now, investigations have focused on near-infrared to X-ray laser pulses consisting of many optical cycles. Here we study strong-field ionization of rare-gas clusters (103 to 105 atoms) using two-cycle 1.8 μm laser pulses to access a new interaction regime in the limit where the electron dynamics are dominated by the laser field and the cluster atoms do not have time to move significantly. The emission of fast electrons with kinetic energies exceeding 3 keV is observed using laser pulses with a wavelength of 1.8 μm and an intensity of 1 × 1015 W/cm2, whereas only electrons below 500 eV are observed at 800 nm using a similar intensity and pulse duration. Fast electrons are preferentially emitted along the laser polarization direction, showing that they are driven out from the cluster by the laser field. In addition to direct electron emission, an electron rescattering plateau is observed. Scaling to even longer wavelengths is expected to result in a highly directional current of energetic electrons on a few-femtosecond timescale.
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- Bernd Schütte
- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
- Max-Born-Institut, Max-Born-Strasse 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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- Department of Physics, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, UK
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Brixner T, Aeschlimann M, Fischer A, Geisler P, Goetz S, Hecht B, Huang JS, Keitzl T, Kramer C, Melchior P, Pfeiffer W, Razinskas G, Rewitz C, Schneider C, Strüber C, Tuchscherer P, Voronine DV. Coherent spectroscopies on ultrashort time and length scales. EPJ Web of Conferences 2013. [DOI: 10.1051/epjconf/20134109017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Aeschlimann M, Brixner T, Fischer A, Kramer C, Melchior P, Pfeiffer W, Schneider C, Strüber C, Tuchscherer P, Voronine DV. Coherent two-dimensional nanoscopy. Science 2011; 333:1723-6. [PMID: 21835982 DOI: 10.1126/science.1209206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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We introduce a spectroscopic method that determines nonlinear quantum mechanical response functions beyond the optical diffraction limit and allows direct imaging of nanoscale coherence. In established coherent two-dimensional (2D) spectroscopy, four-wave-mixing responses are measured using three ingoing waves and one outgoing wave; thus, the method is diffraction-limited in spatial resolution. In coherent 2D nanoscopy, we use four ingoing waves and detect the final state via photoemission electron microscopy, which has 50-nanometer spatial resolution. We recorded local nanospectra from a corrugated silver surface and observed subwavelength 2D line shape variations. Plasmonic phase coherence of localized excitations persisted for about 100 femtoseconds and exhibited coherent beats. The observations are best explained by a model in which coupled oscillators lead to Fano-like resonances in the hybridized dark- and bright-mode response.
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- Martin Aeschlimann
- Fachbereich Physik and Research Center OPTIMAS, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Erwin-Schrödinger-Str. 46, 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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