Double-slit photoelectron interference in strong-field ionization of the neon dimer

Maksim Kunitski; Nicolas Eicke; Pia Huber; Jonas Köhler; Stefan Zeller; Jörg Voigtsberger; Nikolai Schlott; Kevin Henrichs; Hendrik Sann; Florian Trinter; Lothar Ph. H. Schmidt; Anton Kalinin; Markus S. Schöffler; Till Jahnke; Manfred Lein; Reinhard Dörner

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07882-8

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Double-slit photoelectron interference in strong-field ionization of the neon dimer

Maksim Kunitski Nicolas Eicke Pia Huber Jonas Köhler

Stefan Zeller Jörg Voigtsberger Nikolai Schlott Kevin Henrichs Hendrik Sann Florian Trinter

Lothar Ph. H. Schmidt Anton Kalinin Markus S. Schöffler

Till Jahnke Manfred Lein Reinhard Dörner

Nature Communications Vol. 10 No. 1 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Abstract

AbstractWave-particle duality is an inherent peculiarity of the quantum world. The double-slit experiment has been frequently used for understanding different aspects of this fundamental concept. The occurrence of interference rests on the lack of which-way information and on the absence of decoherence mechanisms, which could scramble the wave fronts. Here, we report on the observation of two-center interference in the molecular-frame photoelectron momentum distribution upon ionization of the neon dimer by a strong laser field. Postselection of ions, which are measured in coincidence with electrons, allows choosing the symmetry of the residual ion, leading to observation of both, gerade and ungerade, types of interference.

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FU Berlin, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Arnimallee 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany.

Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe-Universität, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 1, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.; Photon Science, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY), Notkestrasse 85, 22607 Hamburg, Germany.; Molecular Physics, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Faradayweg 4-6, 14195 Berlin, Germany.

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Lothar Ph. H. Schmidt

Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe-Universität, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 1, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.

Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe-Universität, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 1, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.

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Till Jahnke

Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe-Universität, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 1, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.

Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe-Universität, Max-von-Laue-Strasse 1, 60438 Frankfurt, Germany.

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Maksim Kunitski, Nicolas Eicke, Pia Huber, et al. (2019). Double-slit photoelectron interference in strong-field ionization of the neon dimer. Nature Communications, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07882-8

Double-slit photoelectron interference in strong-field ionization of the neon dimer

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