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The present work explores quantitative limits to the Single-Active Electron (SAE) approximation, often used to deal with strong-field ionization and subsequent attosecond dynamics. Using a time-dependent multi\-configuration approach,…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-11-04 Jean-Nicolas Vigneau , Tung Nguyen-Dang , Eric Charron , Osman Atabek

We consider the process of atomic ionization driven by a laser pulse with varying ellipticity. We study distribution of the momenta of the photoelectrons, ionized by a strong laser field, emitted in the direction perpendicular to the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-22 I. A. Ivanov

We study strong-field molecular ionization as a function of pulse duration. Experimental measurements of the photoelectron yield for a number of molecules reveal competition between different ionization continua (cationic states) which…

A theory describing above-threshold ionization of atoms and ions in a strong electromagnetic field is presented. It is based on the widely known strong field approximation and incorporates the Coulomb interaction between the photoelectron…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. V. Popruzhenko , D. Bauer

We develop the eikonal perturbation theory to describe the strong-field ionization by finite laser pulses. This approach in the first order with respect to the binding potential (the so-called generalized eikonal approximation) avoids a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-08-04 F. Cajiao Vélez , K. Krajewska , J. Z. Kamiński

The full three-dimensional photoelectron momentum distributions of argon are measured in intense near-circularly polarized laser fields. We observed that the transverse momentum distribution of ejected electrons by 410-nm near-circularly…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-02-19 Xiang Huang , Qingbin Zhang , Shengliang Xu , Xianglong Fu , Xu Han , Wei Cao , Peixiang Lu

We extend the semiclassical two-step model [Phys. Rev. A 94, 013415 (2016)] to include a multielectron polarization-induced dipole potential. Using this model we investigate the imprints of multielectron effects in the momentum…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2018-08-22 N. I. Shvetsov-Shilovski , M. Lein , L. B. Madsen

Non-dipole effects in strong-field photoelectron momentum spectra have been revealed experimentally [C.T.L. Smeenk et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 106, 193002 (2011); A. Ludwig et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 113, 243001 (2014)]. For certain laser…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-11-21 Th. Keil , D. Bauer

We present a simple quantum mechanical model to describe Coulomb explosion of H$_2^+$ by short, intense, infrared laser pulses. The model is based on the length gauge version of the molecular strong-field approximation and is valid for…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-23 H. A. Leth , L. M. Madsen , J. F. McCann

An ab initio simulation of strong-field photodissociation of diatomic molecules was developed, inspired by recent dissociation experiments of F2-. The transition between electronic states was modeled, including the laser pulse and…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-06-26 Bar Ezra , Shimshon Kallush , Ronnie Kosloff

The limit of decreasing laser frequency can not be considered independently from nondipole effects due to increase in the laser-induced continuum electron speed in this limit. Therefore, in this work, tunneling ionization in the adiabatic…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-04-12 Lars Bojer Madsen

Measurements on the strong-field ionization of carbonyl sulfide molecules by short, intense, 2~\um wavelength laser pulses are presented from experiments where angle-resolved photoelectron distributions were recorded with a high-energy…

We use classical electron ensembles and the aligned-electron approximation to examine the effect of laser pulse duration on the dynamics of strong-field double ionization. We cover the range of intensities $10^{14}-10^{16} W/cm^2$ for the…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Phay J. Ho , J. H. Eberly

We study nondipole effects in multiphoton ionization of a two-dimensional hydrogen-like atom by a flat-top laser pulse of varied intensity. For this purpose, we solve numerically a two-dimensional Schr\"odinger equation treating a…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2024-12-25 J. Z. Kamiński , K. Krajewska

This paper describes the first experimental demonstration of the guiding of a relativistic electron beam in a solid target using two co-linear, relativistically intense, picosecond laser pulses. The first pulse creates a magnetic field…

We study single-photon ionization of aligned H$_2^+$ in low-intensity near-circular laser fields with lower photon energy numerically and analytically. The photoelectron momentum distribution (PMD) within the laser polarization plane,…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-05-13 Z. Y. Chen , S. Q. Shen , M. Q. Liu , J. Y. Che , Y. J. Chen

We report a novel experimental technique for the comparison of ionization processes in ultrafast laser pulses irrespective of pulse ellipticity. Multiple ionization of xenon by 50 fs 790 nm, linearly and circularly polarized laser pulses is…

The expression for the intensity of the electromagnetic field radiation is derived in the approximation next to the dipole one. The presented approach is based on fundamental equations from the introductory course on classical…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-09-21 Andrij Rovenchak , Yuri Krynytskyi

The dynamics of electric field generation and radial acceleration of ions by a laser pulse of relativistic intensity propagating in an underdense plasma has been investigated using an one-dimensional electrostatic, ponderomotive model…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2008-07-30 A. Macchi , F. Ceccherini , F. Cornolti , S. Kar , M. Borghesi

We present a combined experimental and theoretical study on strong-field ionization of a three-dimensionally oriented asymmetric top molecule, benzonitrile (C$_7$H$_5$N), by circularly polarized, nonresonant femtosecond laser pulses. Prior…