Ramsey-type spectroscopy with high-order harmonics

Phys Rev Lett. 2002 Sep 23;89(13):133002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.133002. Epub 2002 Sep 5.

Abstract

We present an experiment where Ramsey-type spectroscopy is applied to autoionizing states of krypton by using the ninth harmonic (88 nm) of a femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser. The ionization process, detected by an electron-energy spectrometer, shows the characteristic quantum interference pattern. The behavior of the fringe contrast compares favorably with a simple essential-state model, whose parameters have been taken from the literature. The experiment shows the feasibility of high-resolution spectroscopy in the extreme ultraviolet by using high-order laser harmonics.