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Displaced creation

The ionization of atoms and molecules by strong laser fields has become a core technique in modern laser physics. Now, the electrons emerging from ionized molecules are shown to exhibit a memory of the ionization process, resulting in a spatial phase that may influence the interpretation of imaging data.

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Figure 1: Tunnelling ionization.

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Küpper, J. Displaced creation. Nature Phys 10, 550–551 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3045

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