Few-femtosecond soft X-ray transient absorption spectroscopy with tuneable DUV-Vis pump pulses
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Journal Article
Abstract
Achieving few-femtosecond resolution for a pump-probe experiment is crucial to measuring the fastest electron dynamics and for creating superpositions of valence states in quantum systems. However, traditional UV-Vis pump pulses cannot achieve few-fs durations and usually operate at fixed wavelengths. Here, we present, to our knowledge, an unprecedented temporal resolution and pump tuneability for UV-Vis-pumped soft X-ray transient absorption spectroscopy. We have combined few-fs deep-UV to visible tuneable pump pulses from resonant dispersive wave emission in hollow capillary fiber with attosecond soft X-ray probe pulses from high harmonic generation. We achieve sub-5-fs time resolution, sub-fs interferometric stability, and continuous tuneability of the pump pulses from 230 to 700 nm. We demonstrate that the pump can initiate an ultrafast photochemical reaction and that the dynamics at different atomic sites can be resolved simultaneously. These capabilities will allow studies of the fastest electronic dynamics in a large range of photochemical, photobiological and photovoltaic reactions.
Date Issued
2024-09-20
Date Acceptance
2024-08-31
Citation
Optica, 2024, 11 (9), pp.1320-1323
ISSN
2334-2536
Publisher
Optical Society of America (OSA)
Start Page
1320
End Page
1323
Journal / Book Title
Optica
Volume
11
Issue
9
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Journal © 2024 Optica Publishing Group. Published by Optica Publishing Group under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/optica.530964
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Published
Date Publish Online
2024-09-16