Abstract
Using a split-mirror stage combined with a reaction microscope, nonlinear autocorrelation traces of XUV pulses from the Free-electron LASer at Hamburg were recorded for N2 multiphoton-induced fragmentation into noncoincident N2⊃+ and coincident N2⊃++N2⊃+ channels. We find a pulse duration of 40±10 fs along with a sharp spike pointing to a coherence time of 4±1 fs, almost twice as short as in previous observations. Both are well reproduced by a simulation based on the partial-coherence model that includes the molecular dynamics leading to an ~12-fs substructure in the trace.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 041403 |
Journal | Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics |
Volume | 82 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2010 Oct 19 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics