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Sensitivity of nonlinear photoionization to resonance substructure in collective excitation

Mazza, T.; Karamatskou, A.; Ilchen, M.; Bakhtiarzadeh, S.; Rafipoor, A. J.; O’Keeffe, P.; Kelly, T. J.; Walsh, N.; Costello, J. T.; Meyer, M.; Santra, R.

Authors

T. Mazza

A. Karamatskou

M. Ilchen

S. Bakhtiarzadeh

A. J. Rafipoor

P. O’Keeffe

T. J. Kelly

N. Walsh

J. T. Costello

M. Meyer

R. Santra



Abstract

Collective behaviour is a characteristic feature in many-body systems, important for developments in fields such as magnetism, superconductivity, photonics and electronics. Recently, there has been increasing interest in the optically nonlinear response of collective excitations. Here we demonstrate how the nonlinear interaction of a many-body system with intense XUV radiation can be used as an effective probe for characterizing otherwise unresolved features of its collective response. Resonant photoionization of atomic xenon was chosen as a case study. The excellent agreement between experiment and theory strongly supports the prediction that two distinct poles underlie the giant dipole resonance. Our results pave the way towards a deeper understanding of collective behaviour in atoms, molecules and solid-state systems using nonlinear spectroscopic techniques enabled by modern short-wavelength light sources.

Citation

Mazza, T., Karamatskou, A., Ilchen, M., Bakhtiarzadeh, S., Rafipoor, A. J., O’Keeffe, P., …Santra, R. (2015). Sensitivity of nonlinear photoionization to resonance substructure in collective excitation. Nature communications, 6(1), 6799-1-6799-6. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7799

Acceptance Date Mar 2, 2015
Online Publication Date Apr 9, 2015
Publication Date Apr 10, 2015
Deposit Date Jul 18, 2016
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Nature communications
Electronic ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher Nature Publishing Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 6
Issue 1
Pages 6799-1-6799-6
DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms7799
Keywords Physical sciences, Atomic and molecular physics
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/441123
Publisher URL http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2015/150409/ncomms7799/full/ncomms7799.html
Additional Information This is a copy of an open access article published in Nature communications, 2016, v.6.

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