Attosecond physics phenomena at nanometric tips
Beitrag in einer Fachzeitschrift
(Letter)
Details zur Publikation
Autor(en): Krüger M, Lemell C, Wachter G, Burgdörfer J, Hommelhoff P
Zeitschrift: → Journal of the Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics |
Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2018
Band: 51
ISSN: 0022-3700
Sprache: Englisch
Abstract
Attosecond science is based on electron dynamics driven by a strong
optical electric field and has evolved beyond its original scope in
gas-phase atomic and molecular physics to solid-state targets. In this
review, we discuss a nanoscale attosecond physics laboratory that has
enabled the first observations of strong-field-driven photoemission and
recollision at a solid surface: laser-triggered metallic nanotips. In
addition to the research questions of rather fundamental nature,
femtosecond electron sources with outstanding beam qualities have
resulted from this research, which has prompted follow-up application in
the sensing of electric fields and lightwave electronics, ultrafast
microscopy and diffraction, and fundamental matter-wave quantum optics.
We review the theoretical and experimental concepts underlying
near-field enhancement, photoemission regimes and electron acceleration
mechanisms. Nanotips add new degrees of freedom to well known
strong-field phenomena from atomic physics. For example, they enable the
realization of a true sub-optical-cycle acceleration regime where
recollision is suppressed. We also discuss the possibility of
high-harmonic generation due to laser irradiation of metallic
nanostructures.
FAU-Autoren / FAU-Herausgeber
| Hommelhoff, Peter Prof. Dr. |
| | Lehrstuhl für Laserphysik |
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| | | Lehrstuhl für Laserphysik |
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Autor(en) der externen Einrichtung(en)
→ Vienna University of Technology |
Zitierweisen
APA: | Krüger, M., Lemell, C., Wachter, G., Burgdörfer, J., & Hommelhoff, P. (2018). Attosecond physics phenomena at nanometric tips. Journal of the Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics, 51. https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/aac6ac |
MLA: | Krüger, Michael, et al. "Attosecond physics phenomena at nanometric tips." Journal of the Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics 51 (2018). |