Attosecond nanophysics : from basic science to applications /: from basic science to applications. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Peter Hommelhoff, Matthias F. Kling.
• Editors: Hommelhoff, Peter; Kling, Matthias F
• Contents: List of Contributors XI Preface XVII 1 Introduction 1 ; Matthias F. Kling, Brady C. Steffl, and Peter Hommelhoff 1.1 Attosecond Tools 1 1.1.1 Strong Field Control Using Laser Pulses withWell-Defined Waveforms 1 1.1.2 Attosecond Light Pulses: Tracing Electron Dynamics 3 1.2 Solids in Strong Fields 4 1.3 Attosecond Physics in Isolated Nanosystems 4 1.4 Attosecond Physics on Nanostructured Surfaces 6 1.5 Perspectives 7 References 8 2 Nano-Antennae Assisted Emission of Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation 11 ; Nils Pfullmann, Monika Noack, Carsten Reinhardt, Milutin Kovacev, and Uwe Morgner 2.1 Introduction and Motivation 11 2.2 Experimental Idea 12 2.3 High-Order Harmonic Generation 14 2.3.1 Semi-Classical Model 15 2.3.2 Macroscopic Effects/Phase-Matching 16 2.3.3 Phase-Matching in the Case of Optical Antennas 18 2.3.4 Field Inhomogeneities 19 2.4 Plasmonics in Intense Laser Fields 20 2.5 Experiments 23 2.5.1 Historical Overview 23 2.5.2 Own Experiments 24 2.5.2.1 Experimental Set-Up 24 2.5.2.2 Experimental Results 26 2.5.2.3 Gas Density 28 2.5.2.4 Spectra 29 2.6 Conclusion and Outlook 31 References 33 3 Ultrafast, Strong-Field Plasmonic Phenomena 39 ; Peter Dombi and Abdulhakem Y. Elezzabi 3.1 Introduction 39 3.2 Ultrafast Photoemission and Electron Acceleration in Surface Plasmon Fields 43 3.2.1 Photoemission Mechanisms 43 3.2.1.1 Linear Photoemission 43 3.2.1.2 Nonlinear Photoemission and Photocurrents 43 3.2.1.3 Distinction of the Photoemission Regimes 44 3.2.1.4 Multiphoton-Induced Photoemission and Photocurrents 44 3.2.1.5 Above-Threshold Photoemission 46 3.2.1.6 Tunneling Photoemission and Currents 46 3.2.2 Particle Acceleration in Evanescent Surface Plasmon Fields 47 3.3 Research on Surface Plasmon-Enhanced Photoemission and Electron Acceleration 48 3.3.1 Photocurrent Enhancement 48 3.3.2 Strong-Field Photoemission in Plasmonic Fields 50 3.3.3 Electron Acceleration in Plasmonic Fields 51 3.3.4 Modeling and Discussion 53 3.3.4.1 Modeling Tools 53 3.3.4.2 Electromagnetic Wave Dynamics of the Surface Plasmon Field 55 3.3.4.3 Electron Emission Channels and Currents Induced by the Plasmonic Fields 57 3.3.4.4 Particle Acceleration in the Evanescent Field 58 3.3.4.5 Model Results for High-Energy Electron Generation 60 3.3.5 Time-Resolved Studies of Ultrashort Surface Plasmon Wavepackets 62 3.3.5.1 Experiments 62 3.3.5.2 Autocorrelation ReconstructionWithout Fitting Parameters 64 3.3.6 The Carrier-Envelope Phase in Nanoplasmonic Electron Acceleration 66 3.3.7 Non-ponderomotive Effects and Quiver Motion Quenching in Nano-Localized Fields 69 3.3.8 Nanoplasmonic Photoemission from Metal Nanoparticles 75 3.4 Conclusions 79 Acknowledgments 81 References 81 4 Ultrafast Dynamics in Extended Systems 87 ; Ulf Saalmann and Jan-Michael Rost 4.1 Introduction—Why Ultrafast Electron Dynamics in Extended Systems? 87 4.2 Multi-Photon Absorption in Extended Systems 89 4.2.1 General Evolution of an Extended System Exposed to an Intense Laser Pulse 89 4.2.2 A Unified Picture on Energy Absorption from Intense Light Fields 91 4.2.3 Hard and Soft Recollisions in Atomic Systems 93 4.2.4 Extended Systems and Optical Swingbys 94 4.2.5 Resonant Absorption by Electron Motion Out of Phase with the Light Field 97 4.3 Coulomb Complexes: A Simple Approach to Ultrafast Electron Dynamics in FEL-Irradiated Extended; Systems 99 4.3.1 Photo-Activation 101 4.3.2 The Ionic Background Potential 102 4.3.3 Formation of the Electron Spectra 103 4.3.4 Scaling in the Dynamics of Coulomb Complexes 105 4.4 Nano-Plasma Transients on the Femtosecond Scale 106 4.4.1 Creating and Probing a Dense Non-equilibrium Nano-Plasma by Sub-femtosecond Pump-Probe Pulses 106 4.4.2 Ultrafast Collective Electron Dynamics in Composite Systems 111 4.5 Summary 115 Acknowledgments 115 References 116 5 LightWave Driven Electron Dynamics in Clusters 119 ; Charles Varin, Christian Peltz, Thomas Brabec, and Thomas Fennel 5.1 Introduction 119 5.2 Resolving Light-Matter Interactions on the Atomic-Scale 120 5.2.1 Theoretical Foundations of Classical Light-Matter Interaction 120 5.2.2 Molecular Dynamics 125 5.2.3 The Particle-in-Cell Method 125 5.2.4 The Microscopic Particle-in-Cell Method 126 5.3 Fundamentals of the Microscopic Particle-in-Cell Approach 127 5.3.1 Theoretical Background 127 5.3.2 Numerical Implementation 130 5.3.2.1 The Electromagnetic Solver 130 5.3.2.2 Gaussian-Shape Particles and Microscopic Force Correction 131 5.3.2.3 Linear Scaling with MicPIC 133 5.3.2.4 Typical Numerical Parameters 134 5.3.3 Link to Molecular Dynamics 134 5.3.4 Link to Continuum Models 135 5.4 Microscopic Analysis of Laser-Driven Nanoclusters 137 5.4.1 Nanoplasma Formation in a Small Rare-Gas Cluster 138 5.4.2 Cluster Dynamics in the Linear Response Regime 140 5.4.3 Linear Absorption and Scattering of Light 142 5.4.4 Competition of Bulk and Surface Effects with Radiation Damping in Resonant Clusters 144 5.4.5 Microscopic Analysis of Nonlinear Light Scattering 145 5.5 Conclusions 149 References 150 6 FromAttosecond Control of Electrons at Nano-Objects to Laser-Driven Electron Accelerators 155 ; Frederik Süßmann, Matthias F. Kling, and Peter Hommelhoff 6.1 Attosecond Control of Electrons at Nanoscale Metal Tips 155 6.1.1 Multi-Photon Ionization 156 6.1.1.1 Coherent Effects 157 6.1.1.2 Light Shifts 157 6.1.2 Sub-Cycle Dynamics 158 6.1.2.1 Recollision and Rescattering 158 6.1.2.2 CEP Effects and MatterWave Interference 160 6.1.2.3 Modeling of Strong-Field Physics at a Metal Tip –Instructively 160 6.1.2.4 Modeling of Strong-Field Physics at a Metal Tip –Microscopically 161 6.1.3 Optical Near-Field Sensor 162 6.1.4 A Sub-Laser-Cycle Duration Electron Source? 164 6.2 Experiments on Dielectric Nanospheres 165 6.2.1 Modifications by Collective Excitations/Space Charge 165 6.2.2 CEP-Dependent Photoemission from SiO2 Nanospheres 166 6.2.3 Theoretical Modeling of the Photoemission/Acceleration Process 169 6.3 The Influence of the Spatial Field Distribution on Photoelectron Spectra 171 6.3.1 Transition from Dipolar to Multipolar Response 172 6.3.1.1 Mie Solution for Nanospheres 172 6.3.2 Angular Resolved Photoemission from SiO2 Nanospheres 176 6.4 Time Resolved Pump-Probe Schemes 177 6.4.1 The Attosecond Streak Camera 177 6.4.2 Attosecond Streaking from Nanostructures 179 6.4.3 The Regimes of Near-Field Streaking 179 6.4.4 Simulated Streaking Spectrograms for Au Spheres 182 6.5 Electron Acceleration with Laser Light at Dielectric Nano-Gratings 185 6.5.1 Near-Field Mode Acceleration 186 6.5.2 Proof-of-Concept Data 189 6.5.3 Outlook on Future Acceleration Mechanisms 190 References 191 7 Theory of Solids in Strong Ultrashort Laser Fields 197 ; Vadym Apalkov and Mark I. Stockman 7.1 Interaction of Ultrafast Laser Pulse with Solids: Coherent and Incoherent Electron Dynamics 197 7.2 One Dimensional Tight Binding Model 200 7.2.1 Single-Band Approximation 201 7.2.1.1 Exact Solution 201 7.2.1.2 Wannier–Stark Levels 202 7.2.2 Multi-Band Approximation 210 7.2.3 Description of Electron
• Publisher Details: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 371 pages .)
• Subjects: 621.36/5; Nanophotonics; Picosecond pulses; Laser pulses, Ultrashort; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical; Laser pulses, Ultrashort; Nanophotonics; Picosecond pulses; Kurzzeitphysik; Attosekundenbereich; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 3527665641; 9783527665648; 9783527665655
• Related ISBNs: 352766565X; 9783527411719; 3527411712
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