How to use lasers for imaging attosecond dynamics of nuclear processes.
We identify a laser configuration in which attosecond electron wave packets are ionized, accelerated to multi-MeV energies, and refocused onto their parent ion. Magnetic focusing of the electron wave packet results in return currents comparable with large scale accelerator facilities. This technique opens an avenue towards imaging attosecond dynamics of nuclear processes.
Milosevic
Nenad
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Center for Photonics Research, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6N5.
Corkum
Paul B
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Brabec
Thomas
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