Optical detection of tunneling ionization. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • We have experimentally detected optical harmonics that are generated due to a tunneling-ionization-induced modulation of the electron density. The optical signature of electron tunneling can be isolated from concomitant optical responses by using a noncollinear pump-probe setup. Whereas previously demonstrated tools for attosecond metrology of gases, plasmas, and surfaces rely on direct detection of charged particles, detection of the background-free time-resolved optical signal, which uniquely originates from electron tunneling, offers an interesting alternative that is especially suited for systems in which free electrons cannot be directly measured.

published proceedings

  • Phys Rev Lett

author list (cited authors)

  • Verhoef, A. J., Mitrofanov, A. V., Serebryannikov, E. E., Kartashov, D. V., Zheltikov, A. M., & Baltuska, A.

citation count

  • 38

complete list of authors

  • Verhoef, Aart J||Mitrofanov, Alexander V||Serebryannikov, Evgenii E||Kartashov, Daniil V||Zheltikov, Aleksei M||Baltuska, Andrius

publication date

  • April 2010