Time Double-Slit Interference in Tunneling Ionization

Abstract

We show that interference phenomena plays a big role for the electron yield in ionization of atoms by an ultra-short laser pulse. Our theoretical study of single ionization of atoms driven by few-cycles pulses extends the photoelectron spectrum observed in the double-slit experiment by Lindner et al, Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{95}, 040401 (2005) to a complete three-dimensional momentum picture. We show that different wave packets corresponding to the same single electron released at different times interfere, forming interference fringes in the two-dimensional momentum distributions. These structures reproduced by means of \textit{ab initio} calculations are understood within a semiclassical model.

7 pages, 5 figures

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• Attosecond double-slit experiment
• Resonant Structures in the Low-Energy Electron Continuum for Single Ionization of Atoms in the Tunneling Regime
• Symmetry of carrier-envelope phase difference effects in strong-field, few-cycle ionization of atoms and molecules

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