• Acta Physica Sinica
  • Vol. 69, Issue 17, 173401-1 (2020)
Zhong-Huo Ling1、2, Shuai Wang2、5, Jin-Cang Zhang1, Yi-Zhu Zhang2、3、*, Tian-Min Yan2、*, and Yu-Hai Jiang2、4、5、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Materials Genome Institute, Department of Physics, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
  • 2Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201210, China
  • 3Center for Terahertz Waves, College of Precision Instrument and Optoelectronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 4University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 5ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China
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    DOI: 10.7498/aps.69.20200218 Cite this Article
    Zhong-Huo Ling, Shuai Wang, Jin-Cang Zhang, Yi-Zhu Zhang, Tian-Min Yan, Yu-Hai Jiang. The theoretical study of terahertz-streaking photoionization for ultrafast imaging of density matrix in rubidium atom[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(17): 173401-1 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Terahertz-streaking photoionization can be exploited to resolve ultrafast quantum beating and reconstruct the ultrafast evolution of density matrix. Here, we propose an experimental strategy to implement the method merely with the tabletop femtosecond system and magneto-optical trap reaction microscopy. The probe pulse consists of an ultraviolet pulse with pulse duration of about 30 fs and a strong terahertz pulse with strength of about 2.6 fs in rubidium-atom superposition. The population and coherence terms of the density matrix can be projected into different positions of the photoelectron momentum distribution. The reconstruction algorithm was designed to acquire the ultrafast evolution of density matrix from the time-dependent photoelectron spectrum. The experimental conception can demonstrate the newly proposed transient spectral method only with the commercial femtosecond laser system and magneto-optical trap reaction microscopy, thus preventing the complex laser system, such as extreme ultraviolet free electron lasers and attosecond higher harmonics, allowing a new metrology to explore the coherence dynamics of quantum systems.
    Zhong-Huo Ling, Shuai Wang, Jin-Cang Zhang, Yi-Zhu Zhang, Tian-Min Yan, Yu-Hai Jiang. The theoretical study of terahertz-streaking photoionization for ultrafast imaging of density matrix in rubidium atom[J]. Acta Physica Sinica, 2020, 69(17): 173401-1
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