title: Attosecond streaking enables the measurement of quantum phase.
abstract: Attosecond streaking, as a measurement technique, was originally conceived as a means to characterize attosecond light pulses, which is a good approximation if the relevant transition matrix elements are approximately constant within the bandwidth of the light pulse. Our analysis of attosecond streaking measurements on systems with a complex response to the photoionizing pulse reveals the relation between the momentum-space wave function of the outgoing electron and the result of conventional retrieval algorithms. This finding enables the measurement of the quantum phase associated with bound-continuum transitions.
authors.affiliation: Department für Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Am Coulombwall 1, Germany. vladislav.yakovlev@physik.uni-muenchen.de
authors.forename: V S
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Yakovlev
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gagnon
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Karpowicz
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Krausz