Title

Resonance Effects And Quantum Beats In Attosecond Transient Absorption Of Helium

Abstract

We present theoretical simulations of the attosecond transient absorption of singly-excited states of helium atoms in the presence of a dressing near-infrared or infrared laser. In particular, we aim to address several unresolved questions in the transient absorption of helium and to resolve the remaining discrepancies between theory and experiment. We initially focus on the forklike structures in the Autler-Townes splitting of the 1s2p state and the effects of resonant coupling to the 1s2s and 1s3s states. We find that the delay-dependent features of the Autler-Townes doublet depend strongly on both the laser frequency detuning from resonance and on the laser pulse duration, and explain the lack of such structures in current experimental data. Next, we identify the interference mechanism which causes the half-cycle oscillations in the absorption spectrum below the excited state manifold. Finally, we observe for the first timethe presence of quantum beating in the simulated transient absorption spectrogram, and discuss the conditions under which such wavepacket dynamics could be observed experimentally. © 2014 IOP Publishing Ltd.

Publication Date

6-28-2014

Publication Title

Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

Volume

47

Issue

12

Number of Pages

-

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/47/12/124009

Socpus ID

84902532227 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84902532227

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