Attosecond resolved electron release in two-color near-threshold photoionization of N2

Phys Rev Lett. 2011 Mar 4;106(9):093002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.106.093002. Epub 2011 Mar 1.

Abstract

We have simulated two-color photoionization of N(2) by solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation with a simple model accounting for the correlated vibronic dynamics of the molecule and of the ion N(2)(+). Our results, in very good agreement with recent experiments [Haessler et al., Phys. Rev. A 80, 011404 (2009)], show how a resonance embedded in the molecular continuum dramatically affects the phases of the two-photon transition amplitudes. In addition, we introduce a formal relation between these measurable phases and the photoelectron release time, opening the way to attosecond time-resolved measurements, equivalent to double-slit experiments in the time domain.