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Understanding Tunneling Ionization of Atoms in Laser Fields using the Principle of Multiphoton Absorption |
| Long Xu, Li-Bin Fu** |
Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing 100193
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Long Xu, Li-Bin Fu 2019 Chin. Phys. Lett. 36 043202 |
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Abstract The elaborate energy and momentum spectra of ionized electrons from atoms in laser fields suggest that the ionization dynamics described by tunneling theory should be modified. Although great efforts have been carried out within semiclassical models, there are few discussions describing the multiphoton absorption process within a quantum framework. Comparing the results obtained with the time-dependent Schrödinger equation (TDSE) and the Keldysh–Faisal–Reiss (KFR) theory, we study the nonperturbative effects of ionization dynamics beyond the KFR theory. The difference in momentum spectra between multiphoton and tunneling regimes is understood in a unified picture with virtual multiphoton absorption processes. For the multiphoton regime, the momentum spectra can be obtained by coherent interference of each periodic contribution. However, the interference of multiphoton absorption peaks will result in a complex structure of virtual multiphoton bands in the tunneling regime. It is shown that the virtual spectra will be almost continuous in the tunneling regime instead of the discrete levels found in the multiphoton regime. Finally, with a model combining the TDSE and the KFR theory, we try to understand the different effects of virtual multiphoton processes on ionization dynamics.
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Received: 23 November 2018
Published: 23 March 2019
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32.80.-t
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(Photoionization and excitation)
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32.80.Rm
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(Multiphoton ionization and excitation to highly excited states)
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42.50.Ct
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(Quantum description of interaction of light and matter; related experiments)
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| Fund: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11725417 and 11575027, the Joint Fund of the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the China Academy of Engineering Physics under Grant No U1730449, and the Science Challenge Project under Grant No TZ2018005. |
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