2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Electronic wavefunction-selective light-dressing effect in laser-assisted elastic impact ionization
Project/Area Number |
19K15498
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Review Section |
Basic Section 32010:Fundamental physical chemistry-related
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Research Institution | National Institute for Materials Science (2020-2021) The University of Tokyo (2019) |
Principal Investigator |
HIROI Takashi 国立研究開発法人物質・材料研究機構, 若手国際研究センター, ICYS研究員 (20754964)
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Project Period (FY) |
2019-04-01 – 2022-03-31
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Keywords | 電子衝撃イオン化 / 電子状態 / 強光子場科学 / 光ドレスト効果 |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, in order to observe the light-dressing effect on electronic wavefunctions, we developed an apparatus consisting of two sets of angle-resolved time-of-flight analyzers to observe electron impact ionization occurring in a laser field, known as laser-assisted electron impact ionization (LA(e, 2e)). Using the developed apparatus, LA(e, 2e) process of Ar with one-photon energy absorption has been observed. The signal intensity of the observed LA(e,2e) process was about twice as large as that estimated by the theoretical calculations in which the interaction between a target Ar and the light field is neglected. We ascribed this discrepancy to the mixing of the electronic ground state of Ar with the electronically excited states through the formation of the light-dressed states.
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Free Research Field |
物理化学
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Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements |
本研究によって、電子密度分布の歪みとして捉えられてきた光ドレスト状態を、電子密度分布を構成する個々の電子波動関数の歪みとして実験的に観測できることが示された。電子衝撃イオン化は原子や分子の電子波動関数を実験的に観測する手法としても知られているため、本手法を用いることによって、高強度レーザー場中における原子や分子の波動関数の観測が可能になると考えられる。さらに発展させ、強光子場中における分子や光誘起化学反応中の系の複数の電子波動関数を決定することによって、イオン化や化学反応の高精度な設計・制御につながると期待される。
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