Strong-field photoelectron holography in the subcycle limit

Tsendsuren Khurelbaatar; Jaewuk Heo; ShaoGang Yu; XuanYang Lai; XiaoJun Liu; Dong Eon Kim

doi:10.1038/s41377-024-01457-7

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Strong-field photoelectron holography in the subcycle limit

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- Strong-field photoelectron holography in the subcycle limit
- Strong-field photoelectron holography in the subcycle limit
- LSA 2024年13卷第6期页码：1032-1040
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Center for Attosecond Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, Korea
  2.Max Planck POSTECH/KOREA Research Initiative, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, Korea
  3.State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 430071 Wuhan, China
  4.Wuhan Institute of Quantum Technology, 430206 Wuhan, China
- Author bio：
  
  XuanYang Lai (xylai@wipm.ac.cn)
  Dong Eon Kim (kimd@postech.ac.kr)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/s41377-024-01457-7
  中图分类号：
- 收稿：2023-07-26，
  
  修回：2024-03-29，
  
  录用：2024-04-12，
  
  网络出版：2024-05-08，
  
  纸质出版：2024-06-30
- Accepted：
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Strong-field photoelectron holography in the subcycle limit[J]. LSA, 2024,13(6):1032-1040.

Khurelbaatar, T. et al. Strong-field photoelectron holography in the subcycle limit. Light: Science & Applications, 13, 1032-1040 (2024).
Strong-field photoelectron holography in the subcycle limit[J]. LSA, 2024,13(6):1032-1040. DOI： 10.1038/s41377-024-01457-7.

Khurelbaatar, T. et al. Strong-field photoelectron holography in the subcycle limit. Light: Science & Applications, 13, 1032-1040 (2024). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-024-01457-7.

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Strong-field photoelectron holography is promising for the study of electron dynamics and structure in atoms and molecules

with superior spatiotemporal resolution compared to conventional electron and X-ray diffractometry. However

the application of strong-field photoelectron holography has been hindered by inter-cycle interference from multicycle fields. Here

we address this challenge by employing a near-single-cycle field to suppress the inter-cycle interference. We observed and separated two distinct holographic patterns for the first time. Our measurements allow us not only to identify the Gouy phase effect on electron wavepackets and holographic patterns but also to correctly extract the internuclear separation of the target molecule from the holographic pattern. Our work leads to a leap jump from theory to application in the field of strong-field photoelectron holography-based ultrafast imaging of molecular structures.

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