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Pulse length effects in long wavelength driven non-sequential double ionization

Atomic Physics 2023-03-22 v1 Quantum Physics

Abstract

We present a joint experimental and theoretical study of non-sequential double ionization (NSDI) in argon driven by a 3100-nm laser source. The correlated photoelectron momentum distribution (PMD) shows a strong dependence on the pulse duration, and the evolution of the PMD can be explained by an envelope-induced intensity effect. Determined by the time difference between tunneling and rescattering, the laser vector potential at the ionization time of the bound electron will be influenced by the pulse duration, leading to different drift momenta. Such a mechanism is extracted through a classical trajectory Monte Carlo-based model and it can be further confirmed by quantum mechanical simulations. This work sheds light on the importance of the pulse duration in NSDI and improves our understanding of the strong field tunnel-recollision dynamics under mid-IR laser fields.

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@article{arxiv.2209.11983,
  title  = {Pulse length effects in long wavelength driven non-sequential double ionization},
  author = {H. Jiang and M. Mandrysz and A. Sanchez and J. Dura and T. Steinle and J. S. Prauzner-Bechcicki and J. Zakrzewski and M. Lewenstein and F. He and J. Biegert and M. F. Ciappina},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.11983},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

19 pages, 9 figures, submitted to NJP, comments are welcomed

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