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We investigate spontaneous radiative processes in a driven polar two-level system whose interaction with the laser field is dominated by broken inversion symmetry rather than by the usual transition dipole coupling. Using a polaron…

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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…

We perform a systematic analysis of intra-channel quantum interference in laser-induced nonsequential double ionization with linearly polarized bichromatic fields, focusing on the recollision-excitation with subsequent ionization (RESI)…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-08-06 S. Hashim , D. Habibović , C. Figueira de Morisson Faria

The numerical solution for polarization for two-level atom in polyharmonic field has been made. The analytical solution for partial case of symmetrical position of carrier frequency relative to transition frequency is possible. The results…

With the classical three-dimensional ensemble model, we have investigated the microscopic recollision dynamics in nonsequential double ionization of helium by 800 nm laser pulses at 2.0 PW/cm^2. We demonstrate that the asymmetric energy…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2011-10-07 Yueming Zhou , Qing Liao , Peixiang Lu

Second-stage laser cooling of thulium atoms at the 530.7 nm transition with a natural linewidth of 350 kHz offers an interesting possibility to study different regimes of a magneto-optical trap (MOT). The intermediate value of the spectral…

We theoretically study frustrated double ionization (FDI) of atoms subjected to intense circularly polarized laser pulses using a three-dimensional classical model. We find a novel "knee" structure of FDI probability as a function of…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-05-26 HuiPeng Kang , Shi Chen , Jing Chen , Gerhard G. Paulus

Strong field ionization provides a unique mean to address complex dynamics of an electron in competing Coulomb and laser fields. Recent streak camera experiment (K\"ubel, et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 183201) analyzed asymmetries in the…

We explore the influence of elliptical polarization on the (non)sequential two-photon double ionization of atomic helium with ultrashort extreme ultraviolet (XUV) light fields using time-dependent full ab-initio simulations. The energy and…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-02-20 Stefan Donsa , Iva Brezinova , Hongcheng Ni , Johannes Feist , Joachim Burgdörfer

We extend a recently developed three-dimensional semiclassical model to study double and triple ionization of Ne driven by infrared laser pulses at various intensities. This model fully accounts for the Coulomb singularity of each electron…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2025-12-18 Samuel James Praill , Georgios Petros Katsoulis , Agapi Emmanouilidou

Electron-core interactions play a key role in strong-field ionization and the formation of photoelectron spectra. We analyse the temporal dynamics of strong field ionization associated with these interactions using the time-dependent…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 Lisa Torlina , Jivesh Kaushal , Olga Smirnova

The plasma of the lower solar atmosphere consists of mostly neutral particles, whereas the upper solar atmosphere is mostly ionised particles and electrons. A shock that propagates upwards in the solar atmosphere therefore undergoes a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-27 Ben Snow , Andrew Hillier

Multiphoton ionization provides a clear window into the nature of electron correlations in the helium atom. In the present study, the final state energy range extends up to the region near the $N=2$ and $N=3$ ionization thresholds, where…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2021-03-10 Yimeng Wang , Chris H. Greene

We study double ionization of He driven by a near-single-cycle laser pulse at low intensities at 400 nm. Using a three-dimensional semiclassical model, we identify the pathways that prevail non-sequential double ionization (NSDI). We focus…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2020-02-12 Georgios Petros Katsoulis , Agapi Emmanouilidou

The quadrupole channel of two-photon double ionization of He exhibits two distinctly different modes of correlated motion of the photoelectron pair. The mode associated with the center-of-mass motion favors a large total momentum which is…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 A. S. Kheifets , I. A. Ivanov , Igor Bray

The sub-cycle dynamics of electrons driven by strong laser fields is central to the emerging field of attosecond science. We demonstrate how the dynamics can be probed through high-order harmonic generation, where different trajectories…

We study the formation of highly excited neutral atoms during the break-up of strongly-driven molecules. Past work on this significant phenomenon has shown that during the formation of highly excited neutral atoms ($\mathrm{H^{*}}$) during…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-19 H. Price , C. Lazarou , A. Emmanouilidou

A class of systems exists in which dissipation, external drive and interactions compete and give rise to non equilibrium phases that would not exist without the drive. There, phase transitions could occur without the breaking of any…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-28 Giovanni Ferioli , Antoine Glicenstein , Igor Ferrier-Barbut , Antoine Browaeys

We demonstrate that strong-field ionization of atoms in circularly polarized laser fields generates a photoelectron spin texture with toroidal topology in momentum space. Using time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation simulations,…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-04-03 Xiaodan Mao , Feng He , Pei-Lun He

Nonradiative energy dissipation in electronically excited polyatomic molecules proceeds through conical intersections, loci of degeneracy between electronic states. We observe a marked enhancement of laser-induced double ionization in the…

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