Attosecond nonlinear Fourier transformation spectroscopy of CO2 in extreme ultraviolet wavelength region

J Chem Phys. 2008 Oct 28;129(16):161103. doi: 10.1063/1.3006026.

Abstract

The interferometric autocorrelation functions of attosecond pulse trains in the time domain were measured by detecting CO(2) (2+) as well as the atomic and molecular fragment ions generated via two-photon absorption of intense vacuum ultraviolet-extreme ultraviolet light by CO(2). It was demonstrated that the Fourier transformation of the interferometric autocorrelation functions of the respective fragment ions appearing in a time-of-flight mass spectrum exhibit spectroscopic information in the frequency domain corresponding to the two-photon photofragment excitation spectra of CO(2) and the double ionization excitation spectrum to form CO(2) (2+).