Attosecond control of spin polarization in electron–ion recollision driven by intense tailored fields

Autor: David Ayuso, Alvaro Jiménez-Galán, Felipe Morales, Misha Ivanov, Olga Smirnova
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: New Journal of Physics, Vol 19, Iss 7, p 073007 (2017)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1367-2630
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/aa732f
Popis: Tunnel ionization of noble gas atoms driven by a strong circularly polarized laser field in combination with a counter-rotating second harmonic generates spin-polarized electrons correlated to the spin-polarized ionic core. Crucially, such two-color field can bring the spin-polarized electrons back to the parent ion, enabling the scattering of the spin-polarized electron on the spin-polarized parent ion. Here we show how one can control the degree of spin polarization as a function of electron energy and recollision time by tuning the laser parameters, such as the relative intensities of the counter-rotating fields. The attosecond precision of the control over the degree of spin polarization opens the door for attosecond control and spectroscopy of spin-resolved dynamics.
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