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Applications of Short Extreme Ultraviolet Pulses to the Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules

Johansson, Allan LU (2003) In Lund Reports on Atomic Physics LRAP-301.
Abstract
This thesis is devoted to the characterisation in time and frequency, and to spectroscopic application, of extreme ultraviolet (XUV) pulses. High-order harmonic generation or wave mixing processes were used to produce the pulses in the XUV spectral region. Time-frequency characterisation of femtosecond XUV pulses generated as high-order harmonics is important both for applications in XUV spectroscopy and in gaining a deeper understanding of the high-order harmonic generation process. A method of characterising the harmonics generated with respect to the time-dependent frequency (chirp) and the pulse duration has been developed. The method is based on two-photon non-resonant ionisation of argon using XUV and infrared pulses. Lifetime... (More)
This thesis is devoted to the characterisation in time and frequency, and to spectroscopic application, of extreme ultraviolet (XUV) pulses. High-order harmonic generation or wave mixing processes were used to produce the pulses in the XUV spectral region. Time-frequency characterisation of femtosecond XUV pulses generated as high-order harmonics is important both for applications in XUV spectroscopy and in gaining a deeper understanding of the high-order harmonic generation process. A method of characterising the harmonics generated with respect to the time-dependent frequency (chirp) and the pulse duration has been developed. The method is based on two-photon non-resonant ionisation of argon using XUV and infrared pulses. Lifetime measurements were performed in He, CO and N2. In He, the 13th and 14th harmonics of a tuneable picosecond distributed feedback dye laser were used to excite the 1s2p and 1s3p 1P1 state. The states were subsequently ionised by a delayed visible or ultraviolet probe. In N2, the 8th harmonic was used in a similar set-up to determine the lifetimes of the state and of several 1Pu states. These lifetimes were found to be between 100 ps and 2.7 ns. In CO, the same harmonic was used for lifetime measurements of the 4ppL1P state for three different isotopomers. Complementary measurements were performed in the frequency domain using the nanosecond XUV system at the Laser Centre of Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Finally, the influence of the relative polarisation of the pump and probe fields was investigated in two-photon resonant ionisation of He using picosecond pulses, as well as in non-resonant two-colour ionisation of Ar in the femtosecond regime. (Less)
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  • Professor DiMauro, Louis F., USA
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Thesis
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High-order harmonics, short pulses, pulse characterisation, sidebands, lifetime measurements, time domain spectroscopy, frequency domain spectroscopy, He, N2, CO, XUV, Atomic and molecular physics, relative polarisation, Atom- och molekylärfysik, Fysicumarkivet A:2003:Johansson
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Lund Reports on Atomic Physics
volume
LRAP-301
pages
170 pages
publisher
Department of Physics, Lund University
defense location
Department of Physics, Lecture hall B, Lund Institute of Technology
defense date
2003-06-13 10:15:00
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  • other:ISRN: LUTFD2(TFAF-1054)1-72(2003)
ISSN
0281-2762
ISBN
91-628-5676-6
language
English
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Article: Paper IA. Johansson, M.K. Raarup, Z.S. Li, V. Lokhnygin, D. Descamps, C. Lyngå, E. Mevel, J. Larsson, C.-G. Wahlström, S. Aloïse, M. Gisselbrecht, M. Meyer and A. L'Huillier, Two-color pump-probe experiments in helium using highorder harmonics, Eur. Phys. J. D 22, 3 (2003). Article: Paper IIW. Ubachs, R. Lang, I. Velchev, W.-Ü.L. Tchang-Brillet, A. Johansson, Z.S. Li, V. Lokhnygin and C.-G. Wahlström, Lifetime measurements on thev=0, 1 and 2 states of molecular nitrogen, Chem. Phys. 270, 215 (2001). Article: Paper IIIJ. P. Sprengers, A. Johansson, W. Ubachs, R. Lang, A. L'Huillier C.-G. Wahlström, S.T. Gibson and B.R. Lewis, Pump-probe lifetime measurements of several 1Pu states in the 14N2 and 15N2, manuscript in preparation. Article: Paper IVP. Cacciani, F. Brandi, J.P. Sprengers, A. Johansson, A. L'Huillier, C.-G. Wahlström and W. Ubachs, Predissociation of the 4ppL1P state of carbon monoxide, Chem. Phys. 282, 63 (2002). Article: Paper VJ. Norin, J. Mauritsson, A. Johansson, M.K. Raarup, S. Buil, A. Persson, O. Dühr, M.B. Gaarde, K.J. Schafer, U. Keller, C.-G. Wahlström and A. L'Huillier, Time-Frequency Characterization of Femtosecond Extreme Ultraviolet Pulses, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 193901 (2002). Article: Paper VIR. López-Martens, J. Mauritsson, A. Johansson, J. Norin and A. L'Huillier, Time-frequency characterization of high-order harmonic pulses, Eur. Phys. J. D (2003), in press. Article: Paper VIIP. O'Keeffe, R. López-Martens, J. Mauritsson, A. Johansson, A. L'Huillier, V. Véniard, R. Taïeb, A. Maquet and M. Meyer, Polarization effects in two-photon non-resonant ionization of argon with extreme ultraviolet and infrared femtosecond pulses, manuscript in preparation. Article: Paper VIIIA. L'Huillier, D. Descamps, A. Johansson, J. Norin, J. Mauritsson and C.-G. Wahlström, Applications of high-order harmonics, Eur. Phys. J. D (2003), DO, in press.
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  abstract     = {{This thesis is devoted to the characterisation in time and frequency, and to spectroscopic application, of extreme ultraviolet (XUV) pulses. High-order harmonic generation or wave mixing processes were used to produce the pulses in the XUV spectral region. Time-frequency characterisation of femtosecond XUV pulses generated as high-order harmonics is important both for applications in XUV spectroscopy and in gaining a deeper understanding of the high-order harmonic generation process. A method of characterising the harmonics generated with respect to the time-dependent frequency (chirp) and the pulse duration has been developed. The method is based on two-photon non-resonant ionisation of argon using XUV and infrared pulses. Lifetime measurements were performed in He, CO and N2. In He, the 13th and 14th harmonics of a tuneable picosecond distributed feedback dye laser were used to excite the 1s2p and 1s3p 1P1 state. The states were subsequently ionised by a delayed visible or ultraviolet probe. In N2, the 8th harmonic was used in a similar set-up to determine the lifetimes of the state and of several 1Pu states. These lifetimes were found to be between 100 ps and 2.7 ns. In CO, the same harmonic was used for lifetime measurements of the 4ppL1P state for three different isotopomers. Complementary measurements were performed in the frequency domain using the nanosecond XUV system at the Laser Centre of Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam. Finally, the influence of the relative polarisation of the pump and probe fields was investigated in two-photon resonant ionisation of He using picosecond pulses, as well as in non-resonant two-colour ionisation of Ar in the femtosecond regime.}},
  author       = {{Johansson, Allan}},
  isbn         = {{91-628-5676-6}},
  issn         = {{0281-2762}},
  keywords     = {{High-order harmonics; short pulses; pulse characterisation; sidebands; lifetime measurements; time domain spectroscopy; frequency domain spectroscopy; He; N2; CO; XUV; Atomic and molecular physics; relative polarisation; Atom- och molekylärfysik; Fysicumarkivet A:2003:Johansson}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{Department of Physics, Lund University}},
  school       = {{Lund University}},
  series       = {{Lund Reports on Atomic Physics}},
  title        = {{Applications of Short Extreme Ultraviolet Pulses to the Spectroscopy of Atoms and Molecules}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/4547874/2302272.pdf}},
  volume       = {{LRAP-301}},
  year         = {{2003}},
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