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Liu Z, Huang C, He T, Liao J, Li Y, Yu B. The Coulomb effect in nonsequential double ionization by counter-rotating two-color elliptical polarization fields. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:4572-4578. [PMID: 38247378 DOI: 10.1039/d3cp05536a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2024]
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Using a three-dimensional classical ensemble model, nonsequential double ionization (NSDI) of Ar atoms by counter-rotating two-color elliptical polarization (TCEP) fields is investigated. The major axes of the two elliptical fields are aligned in different directions. The relative alignment of the two elliptical fields strongly affects the waveform of the combined electric field and the ultrafast dynamics of NSDI in TCEP fields. Numerical results show that the correlated electron momentum distributions in the x direction evolve from a V-shaped structure near the axis to a distribution concentrated on the diagonal with the angle between the two elliptical major axes increasing. The asymmetry of the energy sharing between the two electrons during recollision results in the V-shaped structure in the correlated momentum spectrum. Back analysis indicates that the recollision times of a part of the trajectories move from the peak to the valley of the combined electric field with the angle between the two elliptical major axes increasing. Therefore, for the case of a larger angle between the two elliptical major axes, the electrons experience a longer time to escape away from the vicinity of the parent ion and thus the stronger Coulomb effect from the parent ion makes the momentum difference between two electrons small, which results in a distribution concentrated on the diagonal. This provides an effective avenue to control the electron ultrafast dynamics in NSDI.
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- Zichao Liu
- School of Physical Science and Technology and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Structure Optoelectronics, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
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- School of Physical Science and Technology and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Structure Optoelectronics, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
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- School of Physical Science and Technology and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Structure Optoelectronics, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
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- School of Physical Science and Technology and Chongqing Key Laboratory of Micro & Nano Structure Optoelectronics, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.
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- College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China
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- College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Xinyang Normal University, Xinyang 464000, China
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Tong J, Liu X, Dong W, Jiang W, Zhu M, Xu Y, Zuo Z, Lu P, Gong X, Song X, Yang W, Wu J. Probing Resonant Photoionization Time Delay by Self-Referenced Molecular Attoclock. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:173201. [PMID: 36332237 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.173201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2021] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Attosecond time-resolved electron tunneling dynamics have been investigated by using attosecond angular streaking spectroscopy, where a clock reference to the laser field vector is required in atomic strong-field ionization and the situation becomes complicated in molecules. Here we reveal a resonant ionization process via a transient state by developing an electron-tunneling-site-resolved molecular attoclock in Ar-Kr^{+}. Two distinct deflection angles are observed in the photoelectron angular distribution in the molecular frame, corresponding to the direct and resonant ionization pathways. We find the electron is temporally trapped in the Coulomb potential wells of the Ar-Kr^{+} before finally releasing into the continuum when the electron tunnels through the internal barrier. By utilizing the direct tunneling ionization as a self-referenced arm of the attoclock, the time delay of the electron trapped in the resonant state is revealed to be 3.50±0.04 fs. Our results give an impetus to exploring the ultrafast electron dynamics in complex systems and also endow a semiclassical presentation of the electron trapping dynamics in a quantum resonant state.
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- Jihong Tong
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- School of Science and Center for Theoretical Physics, Hainan University, Haikou 570288, China
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- Department of Physics, College of Science, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- School of Science and Center for Theoretical Physics, Hainan University, Haikou 570288, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China
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- School of Science and Center for Theoretical Physics, Hainan University, Haikou 570288, China
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- School of Science and Center for Theoretical Physics, Hainan University, Haikou 570288, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Precision Optics, Chongqing Institute of East China Normal University, Chongqing 401121, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Extreme Optics, Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi 030006, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai 201800, China
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Su J, Liu Z, Liao J, Huang X, Li Y, Huang C. Electron correlation and recollision dynamics in nonsequential double ionization by counter-rotating two-color elliptically polarized laser fields. OPTICS EXPRESS 2022; 30:24898-24908. [PMID: 36237033 DOI: 10.1364/oe.462022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Nonsequential double ionization (NSDI) of Argon atoms by counter-rotating two-color elliptically polarized (TCEP) fields is investigated with a three-dimensional classical ensemble model. Different from two-color circularly polarized fields, the combined electric field in TCEP pulses has no symmetry and the ionized electron mainly returns to the parent ion from one direction. Thus the electron momentum distributions show strong asymmetry. Numerical results show with the increase of the relative phase between the two elliptical fields, the return angle of the travelling electron, i.e., the angle between the return direction of the electron and the +x direction, gradually decreases. Moreover, the dominant behavior of electron pairs evolves from anti-correlation to correlation with the relative phase increasing. This provides an avenue to control the return angle and electron correlation behavior by the relative phase between the two elliptical fields.
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Lin K, Chen X, Eckart S, Jiang H, Hartung A, Trabert D, Fehre K, Rist J, Schmidt LPH, Schöffler MS, Jahnke T, Kunitski M, He F, Dörner R. Magnetic-Field Effect as a Tool to Investigate Electron Correlation in Strong-Field Ionization. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 128:113201. [PMID: 35363023 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.113201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/25/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The influence of the magnetic component of the driving electromagnetic field is often neglected when investigating light-matter interaction. We show that the magnetic component of the light field plays an important role in nonsequential double ionization, which serves as a powerful tool to investigate electron correlation. We investigate the magnetic-field effects in double ionization of xenon atoms driven by near-infrared ultrashort femtosecond laser pulses and find that the mean forward shift of the electron momentum distribution in light-propagation direction agrees well with the classical prediction, where no under-barrier or recollisional nondipole enhancement is observed. By extending classical trajectory Monte Carlo simulations beyond the dipole approximation, we reveal that double ionization proceeds via recollision-induced doubly excited states, followed by subsequent sequential over-barrier field ionization of the two electrons. In agreement with this model, the binding energies do not lead to an additional nondipole forward shift of the electrons. Our findings provide a new method to study electron correlation by exploiting the effect of the magnetic component of the electromagnetic field.
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- Kang Lin
- Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
- State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China
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- Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education) and School of Physics and Astronomy, Collaborative Innovation Center for IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- Shanghai Baoshan Science and Technology Committee, Shanghai 200940, China
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
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- Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education) and School of Physics and Astronomy, Collaborative Innovation Center for IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
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- Key Laboratory for Laser Plasmas (Ministry of Education) and School of Physics and Astronomy, Collaborative Innovation Center for IFSA (CICIFSA), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
- CAS Center for Excellence in Ultra-intense Laser Science, Shanghai 201800, China
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- Institut für Kernphysik, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main, Frankfurt am Main 60438, Germany
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Wu D, Li Q, Wang J, Guo F, Chen J, Yang Y. The nonsequential double ionization of Ar atoms with different initial angular momenta irradiated by a circularly polarized laser pulse. Chem Phys Lett 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2022.139400] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Chen Z, Su J, Zeng X, Huang X, Li Y, Huang C. Electron angular correlation in nonsequential double ionization of molecules by counter-rotating two-color circularly polarized fields. OPTICS EXPRESS 2021; 29:29576-29586. [PMID: 34615066 DOI: 10.1364/oe.439864] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2021] [Accepted: 08/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Electron correlation in nonsequential double ionization (NSDI) of molecules by counter-rotating two-color circularly polarized (TCCP) fields is investigated with a three-dimensional classical ensemble model. Numerical results indicate that the two electrons from NSDI of molecules in counter-rotating TCCP fields show strong angular correlation and the angular correlation behavior sensitively depends on the internuclear distance. With the internuclear distance increasing, the dominant behavior of electron pairs evolves from correlation to anti-correlation. It leaves a clear imprint on the ion momentum distributions, which exhibit an inverted Y-shape distribution at a small internuclear distance and a triangle-shape distribution at a large internuclear distance. Back analysis indicates that the asymmetric electron energy sharing by soft recollision and longer time delay of double ionization are responsible for more anti-correlated emissions at large internuclear distances.
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Chen Z, Liu F, Wen H, Morishita T, Zatsarinny O, Bartschat K. Nonsequential double ionization of Ar in near-single-cycle laser pulses. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:22231-22246. [PMID: 32752488 DOI: 10.1364/oe.398035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2020] [Accepted: 06/30/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Using the improved quantitative rescattering (QRS) model, we simulate the correlated two-electron momentum distributions (CMD) for nonsequential double ionization (NSDI) of Ar by near-single-cycle laser pulses with a wavelength of 750 nm at an intensity of 2.8 × 1014 W/cm2. With the accurate cross sections obtained from fully quantum mechanical calculations for both electron impact excitation and electron impact ionization of Ar+, we unambiguously identify the contributions from recollision direct ionization (RDI) and recollision excitation with subsequent ionization (RESI). Our analysis reveals that RESI constitutes the main contribution to NSDI of Ar under the conditions considered here. The simulated results are directly compared with experimental measurements [Bergues et al., Nature Commun. 3, 813 (2012)] in which each NSDI event is tagged with the carrier-envelope phase (CEP). It is found that the overall pattern of both the CEP-resolved and the CEP-averaged CMDs measured in experiment are well reproduced by the QRS model, and the cross-shaped structure in the CEP-averaged CMD is attributed to the strong forward scattering of the recolliding electron as well as the depletion effect in tunneling ionization of the electron from an excited state of the parent ion.
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Huang C, Pang H, Huang X, Zhong M, Wu Z. Relative phase effect of nonsequential double ionization of molecules by counter-rotating two-color circularly polarized fields. OPTICS EXPRESS 2020; 28:10505-10514. [PMID: 32225633 DOI: 10.1364/oe.390281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 03/16/2020] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Relative phase effect of nonsequential double ionization (NSDI) of aligned molecules by counter-rotating two-color circularly polarized (TCCP) fields is investigated with a three-dimensional classical ensemble model. Numerical results show that NSDI yield in counter-rotating TCCP fields sensitively depends on the relative phase of the two components, which exhibits a sin-like behavior with the period of π/2. NSDI yield achieves its maximum at the relative phase π/8 and minimum at 3π/8. Back analysis indicates the recollision time and the return angle of the electron strongly depend on the relative phase of the two components, which results in the dominant emission direction of the electrons, is different for different relative phases. This indicates that the recollision process can be steered by changing the relative phase of the two components in counter-rotating TCCP laser fields. Meantime, it provides an avenue to obtain information about the recollision time and the return angle in the recollision process from the electron momentum distribution.
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Huang C, Zhong M, Wu Z. Nonsequential double ionization by co-rotating two-color circularly polarized laser fields. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:7616-7626. [PMID: 30876323 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.007616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2019] [Accepted: 02/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Nonsequential double ionization (NSDI) of Ar in co-rotating two-color circularly polarized (TCCP) laser fields is investigated with a three-dimensional classical ensemble model. Our numerical results indicate that co-rotating TCCP fields can induce NSDI by recollision process, while the yield is an order of magnitude lower than counter-rotating case. NSDI yield in co-rotating TCCP fields strongly depends on field ratio of the two colors and achieves its maximum at a ratio of 2.4. In co-rotating TCCP fields, the short recollision trajectory with traveling time smaller than one cycle is dominant. Moreover, the recollision time in co-rotating TCCP laser fields depends on the field ratio, which is mapped to the electron momentum distribution. This provides anavenue to obtain information about recollision time and access the subcycle dynamics of the recollision process.
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Ma X, Zhou Y, Chen Y, Li M, Li Y, Zhang Q, Lu P. Timing the release of the correlated electrons in strong-field nonsequential double ionization by circularly polarized two-color laser fields. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:1825-1837. [PMID: 30732230 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.001825] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2018] [Accepted: 12/21/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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With the semiclassical ensemble model, we systematically investigate the correlated electron dynamics in strong-field nonsequential double ionization (NSDI) by the counter-rotating circularly polarized two-color (CPTC) laser pulses. Our results show that the angular distributions of the electrons in NSDI sensitively depend on the intensity ratio of the CPTC laser fields. At the small ratio, the electron pairs emit with a relative angle of about 120°, and this angle shifts to 40° as the ratio increases and finally it exhibits a wide range distribution as the intensity ratio further increases. Back analysis of the NSDI trajectories shows that this behavior results from the relative-intensity-dependence of the release time of the electron pairs in the CPTC laser fields. The release times of the electron pairs are directly mapped to the angular distribution. Our results indicate that the emission times of the correlated electrons in NSDI can be controlled with the CPTC laser fields.
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Huang C, Zhong M, Wu Z. Intensity-dependent two-electron emission dynamics in nonsequential double ionization by counter-rotating two-color circularly polarized laser fields. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:26045-26056. [PMID: 30469697 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.026045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Accepted: 09/06/2018] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Nonsequential double ionization of helium in counter-rotating two-color circularly polarized laser fields is investigated with a three-dimensional classical ensemble model. At moderate intensity, the momentum distribution of the two electrons shows a maximum in the middle of each side of the triangle of the negative vector potential. At high intensity, the momentum distribution exhibits a double-triangle structure, which is attributed to the different values of the laser intensity where the two electrons are released after recollision. At low intensity, the momentum distribution shows a shift deviating from the middle of the side of the triangle of the negative vector potential. This is because the first electrons are emitted within a narrow time window after the field maximum. In addition, at low intensity, double-recollision events and NSDI originating from doubly excited states induced by recollision are prevalent.
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Huang C, Zhong M, Wu Z. Anomalous ellipticity dependence in nonsequential double ionization of ArXe. Sci Rep 2018; 8:8772. [PMID: 29884833 PMCID: PMC5993723 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-27120-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2018] [Accepted: 05/24/2018] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Using a three-dimensional classical ensemble method, we present a theoretical study of nonsequential double ionization of ArXe dimer aligned along the minor axis of the elliptically polarized laser pulse. Numerical results show that NSDI probability firstly increases and then decreases with the laser ellipticity increasing, which is different from atoms. Moreover, the correlated electron momentum spectra from elliptical polarization are always asymmetric, and the asymmetry is enhanced as the ellipticity increases. Analysis backward in time indicates that in NSDI of ArXe aligned along the minor axis the recollision occurs via a semi-elliptical trajectory.
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- Cheng Huang
- School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China.
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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- School of Physical Science and Technology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China
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Luo S, Ma X, Xie H, Li M, Zhou Y, Cao W, Lu P. Controlling nonsequential double ionization of Ne with parallel-polarized two-color laser pulses. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:13666-13676. [PMID: 29801389 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.013666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Accepted: 05/03/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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We measure the recoil-ion momentum distributions from nonsequential double ionization of Ne by two-color laser pulses consisting of a strong 800-nm field and a weak 400-nm field with parallel polarizations. The ion momentum spectra show pronounced asymmetries in the emission direction, which depend sensitively on the relative phase of the two-color components. Moreover, the peak of the doubly charged ion momentum distribution shifts gradually with the relative phase. The shifted range is much larger than the maximal vector potential of the 400-nm laser field. Those features are well recaptured by a semiclassical model. Through analyzing the correlated electron dynamics, we found that the energy sharing between the two electrons is extremely unequal at the instant of recollison. We further show that the shift of the ion momentum corresponds to the change of the recollision time in the two-color laser field. By tuning the relative phase of the two-color components, the recollision time is controlled with attosecond precision.
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Xu TT, Zhu QY, Chen JH, Ben S, Zhang J, Liu XS. Multiple recollisions in nonsequential double ionization by counter-rotating two-color circularly polarized laser fields. OPTICS EXPRESS 2018; 26:1645-1654. [PMID: 29402036 DOI: 10.1364/oe.26.001645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 12/28/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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With the three-dimensional (3D) classical ensemble method, we theoretically investigate the recollision dynamics in strong-field nonsequential double ionization (NSDI) of Ar by counter-rotating two-color circularly polarized laser fields. With the analysis of the NSDI trajectories, we find that not only multiple-recollision but also single-recollision processes occur in the double ionization events. Furthermore, the multiple-recollision and single-recollision processes both undergo the recollision-induced excitation with subsequent ionization (RESI) and recollision-induced ionization (RII). The angle between the momentum and the force of the laser field at the recollision moment can affect the times of the recollision.
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Ben S, Guo PY, Song KL, Xu TT, Yu WW, Liu XS. Nonsequential double ionization of Mg from a doubly excited complex driven by circularly polarized laser field. OPTICS EXPRESS 2017; 25:1288-1295. [PMID: 28158012 DOI: 10.1364/oe.25.001288] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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With the classical ensemble method, the correlated-electron dynamics of Mg atom from a doubly excited, transition Coulomb complex in few-cycle circularly polarized (CP) laser field at low laser intensity is theoretically investigated. The low energy transfer during the recollision process indicates that the two electrons cannot release directly, but it can pass through a doubly excited state, and then escape with the ionization time difference. The numerical results show that the feature of the sequential double ionization (SDI) can be observed in the nonsequential double ionization (NSDI) process. The SDI-like results demonstrate that the intermediate state has lost any memory of its formation dynamics. The distribution of the angle between the two release directions of the two electrons also depends on the ionization time difference. Finally, the influence of e-e Coulomb repulsion is discussed.
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Huang C, Zhong M, Wu Z. Recollision dynamics in nonsequential double ionization of atoms by long-wavelength pulses. OPTICS EXPRESS 2016; 24:28361-28371. [PMID: 27958546 DOI: 10.1364/oe.24.028361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Recollision dynamics and electron correlation behavior are investigated for several long laser wavelengths (1200-3000 nm) in nonsequential double ionization (NSDI) of helium using three-dimensional classical ensembles. Numerical results show that for these long wavelengths NSDI events are mainly from the multiple-return trajectory which is different from the case of 800 nm. Moreover, with increasing laser wavelength NSDI events move from the diagonal to the two axes in the correlated electron momentum distributions, and finally form an experimentally observed prominent V-shaped structure [Phys. Rev. X 5, 021034 (2015)] in the first and third quadrants. Back analysis indicates that the asymmetric energy sharing between the two electrons at recollision is responsible for the formation of the prominent V-shaped structure of 3000 nm.
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Nonsequential double ionization with mid-infrared laser fields. Sci Rep 2016; 6:37413. [PMID: 27857182 PMCID: PMC5114651 DOI: 10.1038/srep37413] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Using a full-dimensional Monte Carlo classical ensemble method, we present a theoretical study of atomic nonsequential double ionization (NSDI) with mid-infrared laser fields, and compare with results from near-infrared laser fields. Unlike single-electron strong-field processes, double ionization shows complex and unexpected interplays between the returning electron and its parent ion core. As a result of these interplays, NSDI for mid-IR fields is dominated by second-returning electron trajectories, instead of first-returning trajectories for near-IR fields. Some complex NSDI channels commonly happen with near-IR fields, such as the recollision-excitation-with-subsequent-ionization (RESI) channel, are virtually shut down by mid-IR fields. Besides, the final energies of the two electrons can be extremely unequal, leading to novel e-e momentum correlation spectra that can be measured experimentally.
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Sun X, Li M, Ye D, Xin G, Fu L, Xie X, Deng Y, Wu C, Liu J, Gong Q, Liu Y. Mechanisms of strong-field double ionization of Xe. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2014; 113:103001. [PMID: 25238353 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.103001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We perform a fully differential measurement on strong-field double ionization of Xe by 25 fs, 790 nm laser pulses in intensity region (0.4-3)×10(14) W/cm2. We observe that the two-dimensional correlation momentum spectra along the laser polarization direction show a nonstructured distribution for double ionization of Xe when decreasing the laser intensity from 3×10(14) to 4×10(13) W/cm2. The electron correlation behavior is remarkably different with the low-Z rare gases, i.e., He, Ne, and Ar. We find that the electron energy cutoffs increase from 2.9Up to 7.8Up when decreasing the laser intensities from the sequential double ionization to the nonsequential double ionization regime. The experimental observation indicates that multiple rescatterings play an important role for the generation of high energy photoelectrons. We have further studied the shielding effect on the strong-field double ionization of high-Z atoms.
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- Xufei Sun
- Department of Physics and State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Physics and State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China and Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, 100088 Beijing, China
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- Department of Physics, Northwest University, 710069 Xi'an, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, 100088 Beijing, China and HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Physics and State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Physics and State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Physics and State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China and Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100871, China
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- Institute of Applied Physics and Computational Mathematics, 100088 Beijing, China and HEDPS, Center for Applied Physics and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100084, China
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- Department of Physics and State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China and Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100871, China
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- Department of Physics and State Key Laboratory for Mesoscopic Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China and Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100871, China
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