Dynamical Franz-Keldysh Effect in Diamond in the Deep Ultraviolet Probed by Transient Absorption and Dispersion Spectroscopy Using a Miniature Beamline

Abstract

Here, we introduce a miniature beamline for transient absorption and dispersion spectroscopy, using a tailored deep ultraviolet field immediately after the noncollinear generation without subsequent optical elements. We explore the near-band-gap region in diamond in the presence of a few-femtosecond pump pulse where the delayed dynamical Franz-Keldysh effect and the almost instantaneous optical Kerr effect coexist.