title: Direct Imaging of Transient Fano Resonances in N_{2} Using Time-, Energy-, and Angular-Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy.
abstract: Autoionizing Rydberg states of molecular N_{2} are studied using time-, energy-, and angular-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy. A femtosecond extreme ultraviolet pulse with a photon energy of 17.5 eV excites the resonance and a subsequent IR pulse ionizes the molecule before the autoionization takes place. The angular-resolved photoelectron spectra depend on pump-probe time delay and allow for the distinguishing of two electronic states contributing to the resonance. The lifetime of one of the contributions is determined to be 14±1  fs, while the lifetime of the other appears to be significantly shorter than the time resolution of the experiment. These observations suggest that the Rydberg states in this energy region are influenced by the effect of interference stabilization and merge into a complex resonance.
authors.affiliation: Max Born Institute, Max-Born-Straße 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eckstein
authors.affiliation: Max Born Institute, Max-Born-Straße 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Chung-Hsin
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: National Research Council-Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies (CNR-IFN), via Trasea 7, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Frassetto
authors.affiliation: National Research Council-Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnologies (CNR-IFN), via Trasea 7, I-35131 Padova, Italy.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Poletto
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Fisica, Politecnico, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, 20133 Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sansone
authors.affiliation: Max Born Institute, Max-Born-Straße 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Marc J J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Vrakking
authors.affiliation: Max Born Institute, Max-Born-Straße 2A, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: Oleg
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Kornilov