Emission control of entangled electrons in photoionisation of a hydrogen molecule
For photo-dissociation of a single hydrogen molecule ( <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:msub><mml:mi>H</mml:mi> <mml:mn>2</mml:mn></mml:msub> </mml:math> ) with combined XUV and IR laser pulses, we demonstrate optical control of the emission direction of the photoelectron with respect to the outgoing neutral fragment (the H-atom). Depending on the relative delay between the two laser fields, adjustable with sub-femtosecond time resolution, the photoelectron is emitted into the same hemisphere as the H-atom or opposite. This emission asymmetry is a result of entanglement of the two-electron final-state involving the spatially separated bound and emitted electron.
Authors
- Farshad Shobeiry
- Thomas Pfeifer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5312-3747)
- Anne Harth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0075-3371)
- R. Moshammer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3666-4904)
- Hemkumar Srinivas
- Patrick Froß
Institutions
- Hochschule Aalen (DE)
- Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Scientific Reports
- Published
- 2024-08-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-67465-0
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.04