Atomic, molecular and optical physics applications of longitudinally coherent and narrow bandwidth Free-Electron Lasers

C Callegari, AN Grum-Grzhimailo, KL Ishikawa… - Physics Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Short wavelength Free-Electron Lasers (FELs) are among the newest light sources
available to scientists to probe a wide range of phenomena, with chemical, physical and …

Attosecond dynamics of multi-channel single photon ionization

J Peschel, D Busto, M Plach, M Bertolino… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Photoionization of atoms and molecules is one of the fastest processes in nature. The
understanding of the ultrafast temporal dynamics of this process often requires the …

Complete characterization of phase and amplitude of bichromatic extreme ultraviolet light

M Di Fraia, O Plekan, C Callegari, KC Prince… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
Intense, mutually coherent beams of multiharmonic extreme ultraviolet light can now be
created using seeded free-electron lasers, and the phase difference between harmonics can …

Multi-resolution electron spectrometer array for future free-electron laser experiments

P Walter, A Kamalov, A Gatton, T Driver… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.iucr.org
The design of an angular array of electron time-of-flight (eToF) spectrometers is reported,
intended for non-invasive spectral, temporal, and polarization characterization of single …

Photo-ionization of polarized lithium atoms out of an all-optical atom trap: A complete experiment

F Thini, KL Romans, BP Acharya… - Journal of Physics B …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
An all-optical, near-resonant laser atom trap is used to prepare an electronically excited and
polarized gas target at mK-temperature for complete photo-ionization studies. As a proof-of …

Near-threshold two-photon double ionization of Kr in the vacuum ultraviolet

L Varvarezos, S Düsterer, MD Kiselev, R Boll… - Physical Review A, 2021 - APS
We report angle-resolved measurements on photoelectrons emitted upon near-threshold
two-photon double ionization (TPDI) of Kr irradiated by free-electron laser (FEL) pulses …

Evolution of radial and energy distributions in two-photon double ionization of He in near-femtosecond fields

A Prior, H Bachau, LAA Nikolopoulos - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
In this paper we study the emergence of two-electron wave packets following the two-photon
ionization of helium with intense near-femtosecond pulses. Monitoring the dynamics of the …

A reaction microscope for AMO science at Shanghai soft x-ray free-electron laser facility

W Jiang, X Wang, S Zhang, R Dong, Y Guo, J Feng… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
We report on the design and capabilities of a reaction microscope (REMI) end-station at the
Shanghai Soft X-ray Free-Electron Laser Facility (SXFEL). This apparatus allows high …

Multiphoton single and double ionization of neon in the EUV

SM Durkan, V Richardson, L Varvarezos… - Journal of Physics B …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
New information demonstrating the importance of both sequential and simultaneous (or
direct) multiphoton ionization of inner shell electrons from neon is discussed in this paper …

Evolution of the ionic polarization in multiple sequential ionization: General equations and an illustrative example

EV Gryzlova, MD Kiselev, MM Popova… - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
Modern free-electron lasers generate a highly intense polarized radiation which initiates a
sequence of ionization and decay events. Their probability depends on the polarization of …