Ramsey spectroscopy of bound atomic states with extreme-ultraviolet laser harmonics

Opt Lett. 2010 Mar 15;35(6):832-4. doi: 10.1364/OL.35.000832.

Abstract

We report the experimental measurement of Ramsey interference fringes in the single-photon excitation to a high-lying bound state of atomic argon by pairs of phase-locked, time-delayed, extreme UV high-order-harmonic pulses at 87 nm. High-visibility Ramsey fringes are observed for delays larger than 100 ps, thus demonstrating a potential resolving power >10(5) at this wavelength.