New paper in Phys. Rev. A on laser-induced electron diffraction published

In our new paper, we present a joint experimental and theoretical study of ATI in xenon, where we attempt to trace an ultrafast spin-orbit wavepacket evolving in the xenon cation.

The experiments were carried out using the mid-infrared (MIR) laser source at the Extreme Light Infrastructure - Attosecond Light Pulse Source (ELI-ALPS), and has been part of a campaign started already in 2019. The theoretical analysis was performed in close collaboration with Prof. Stephan Fritzsche’s group. (Now Dr.) Fang Liu calculated photoelectron momentum distributions (PMDs) for rescattering taking place from two different hole states. We find that the two hole states lead to distince patterns in the PMDs, which allows, in principle, for the tracing of the bound electron motion.