The attoclock and the tunneling time debate

Anatoli S. Kheifets*

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    Abstract

    Attosecond angular streaking, also known as the 'attoclock', employs a short elliptically polarized laser pulse to tunnel ionize an electron from an atom or a molecule and to put a time stamp on this process by deflecting the photoelectron in the angular spatial direction. This deflection can be used to evaluate the time the tunneling electron spends under the classically inaccessible barrier and to determine whether this time is finite. In this review, we examine the latest experimental and theoretical findings and present a comprehensive set of evidence supporting the zero tunneling time scenario.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number072001
    JournalJournal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
    Volume53
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 14 Apr 2020

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