Transverse electron momentum distribution in tunneling and over the barrier ionization by laser pulses with varying ellipticity

2015/03/17 by И. А. Иванов, A. S. Kheifets, Ivanov, I. A. +17
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Laser Design and Applications #Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications #Quantum optics and atomic interactions

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1503.04891

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Abstract

We study transverse electron momentum distribution (TEMD) in strong field atomic ionization driven by laser pulses with varying ellipticity. We show, both experimentally and theoretically, that the TEMD in the tunneling and over the barrier ionization regimes evolves in a qualitatively different way when the ellipticity parameter describing polarization state of the driving laser pulse increases.

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