Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Observation of laser-assisted electron scattering in superfluid helium

  • Leonhard Treiber,
  • Bernhard Thaler,
  • Pascal Heim,
  • Michael Stadlhofer,
  • Reika Kanya,
  • Markus Kitzler-Zeiler,
  • Markus Koch

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24479-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Laser-assisted electron scattering (LAES) is a commonly observed strong field process in gas phase systems. Here the authors use helium droplets with core atoms and molecules to observe increased electron energy due to multiple LAES events within the droplets.