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We observed two-photon emission signals from the first vibrationally excited state of parahydrogen gas excited coherently by counter-propagating laser pulses. A single narrow-linewidth laser source was used to excite the parahydrogen…

We propose a broadband, femtosecond two-photon excitation scheme for efficient population transfer to the ultra-narrow linewidth $1s2s\ ^1S_0$ metastable state in helium. Using $120$ nm vacuum ultraviolet (VUV) femtosecond laser pulses, we…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-01-13 Shashank Kumar , Justin D. Piel , Chris H. Greene , Niranjan Shivaram

Quantum coherence in quantum optics is an essential part of optical information processing and light manipulation. Alkali metal vapors, despite the numerous shortcomings, are traditionally used in quantum optics as a working medium due to…

Three-photon laser excitation of Rydberg states by three different laser beams can be arranged in a star-like geometry that simultaneously eliminates the recoil effect and Doppler broadening. Our analytical and numerical calculations for a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2011-12-02 I. I. Ryabtsev , I. I. Beterov , D. B. Tretyakov , V. M. Entin , E. A. Yakshina

The spectroscopic properties of a single, tightly trapped atom are studied, when the electronic levels are coupled by three laser fields in an $N$-shaped configuration of levels, whereby a $\Lambda$-type level system is weakly coupled to a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-04-16 Caroline Champenois , Giovanna Morigi , Juergen Eschner

The process of nuclear excitation by electron capture in plasma environments generated by the interaction of ultra-strong optical lasers with solid-state samples is investigated theoretically. With the help of a plasma model we perform a…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-06-20 Jonas Gunst , Yuanbin Wu , Christoph H. Keitel , Adriana Pálffy

High-order harmonic generation in multiphoton ionization regime is studied theoretically to examine the resonant effects of the generating particle. We solve the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation for In+ in the laser field by expanding…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2023-12-12 Alexander I. Magunov , Vasily V. Strelkov

This work theoretically investigates high-order harmonic generation in rare gas atoms driven by two temporally delayed ultrashort laser pulses. Apart from their temporal delay, the two pulses are identical. Using a single-atom model of the…

The multi-photon excitation to the $8$-eV nuclear isomeric state $^{229\text{m}}$Th in the direct laser-nucleus interaction is investigated theoretically. We solve the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation with the method which allows us to…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-04-29 Weitao Liu , Yuanbin Wu

Quantitative spectroscopy of molecular hydrogen has generated substantial demand, leading to the accumulation of diverse elementary-process data encompassing radiative transitions, electron-impact transitions, predissociations, and…

The interaction of high energy electrons, positrons, and photons with intense laser pulses is studied in head-on collision geometry. It is shown that electrons and/or positrons undergo a cascade-type process involving multiple emissions of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 S. S. Bulanov , C. B. Schroeder , E. Esarey , W. P. Leemans

Entangled photon pairs are key to many novel applications in quantum technologies. Semiconductor quantum dots can be used as sources of on-demand, highly entangled photons. The fidelity to a fixed maximally entangled state is limited by the…

Generation of collimated, quasi-monoenergetic electron beams (peak energy ~17-22MeV, divergence ~10mrad, energy spread ~20%) by interaction of Ti:sapphire laser pulse of 200fs duration, focussed to an intensity of ~ 2.1x10^18 W/cm^2,with an…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2019-08-09 D. Hazra , A. Moorti , B. S. Rao , A. Upadhyay , J. A. Chakera , P. A. Naik

The interaction of an ultraintense Nd:glass laser pulse with a near-critical plasma self-organizes into a highly efficient $\gamma$-ray source. Three-dimensional particle-in-cell simulations demonstrate that relativistic self-focusing,…

The coherent interaction between a laser-driven single trapped atom and an optical high-finesse resonator allows to produce entangled multi-photon light pulses on demand. The mechanism is based on the mechanical effect of light. The degree…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Giovanna Morigi , Juergen Eschner , Stefano Mancini , David Vitali

Electrons at the surface of a plasma that is irradiated by a laser with intensity in excess of $10^{23}~\mathrm{W}\mathrm{cm}^{-2}$ are accelerated so strongly that they emit bursts of synchrotron radiation. Although the combination of high…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2021-05-12 T. G. Blackburn , A. J. MacLeod , A. Ilderton , B. King , S. Tang , M. Marklund

We present an indepth investigation of certain aspects of the two level on resonant multiphoton approximation to pair production from vacuum in the presence of strong electromagnetic fields. Numerical computations strongly suggest that a…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2008-11-26 I. Tsohantjis , S. Moustaizis , I. Ploumistakis

The theoretical community has found interest in the ability of a two-level atom to generate a strong many-body interaction with light under pulsed excitation. Single-photon generation is the most well-known effect, where a short Gaussian…

Multiphoton microscopy has enabled us to image cellular dynamics in vivo. However, the excitation wavelength for imaging with commercially available lasers is mostly limited between 650-1040 nm. Here we develop a femtosecond fiber laser…

Incoherent photon emission by ultrarelativistic electrons in the normal incidence of a laser pulse on a foil is investigated by means of three-dimensional numerical simulations in the range of intensities $2 \times 10^{21} \text{--} 2…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-02-03 E. N. Nerush , I. Yu. Kostyukov , L. Ji , A. Pukhov