Generation of electron vortex states in ionization by intense and short laser pulses
Atomic Physics
2018-04-25 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
The generation of electron vortex states in ionization by intense and short laser pulses is analyzed under the scope of the lowest-order Born approximation. For near infrared laser fields and nonrelativistic intensities of the order of ~W/cm, we show that one has to modify the nonrelativistic treatment of ionization by accounting for recoil and mass relativistic corrections. By using the corrected quasi-relativistic theory, the requirements for the observation of electron vortex states with non-negligible probability and large topological charge are determined.
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@article{arxiv.1803.02574,
title = {Generation of electron vortex states in ionization by intense and short laser pulses},
author = {F. Cajiao Vélez and K. Krajewska and J. Z. Kamiński},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1803.02574},
year = {2018}
}
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15 pages, 9 figures