Pulse shaping in strong-field ionization: Theory and experiments

Li, Shuai; Jochim, Bethany; Stamm, Jacob; Peng, Dian; Shao, Hua-Chieh; Ngoko Djiokap, Jean Marcel; Dantus, Marcos

doi:10.1103/physreva.105.053105

Title: Pulse shaping in strong-field ionization: Theory and experiments

Journal Article · Fri May 06 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.105.053105· OSTI ID:1979616

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Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States)
Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)

Intense ultrafast pulses cause dissociative ionization and shaping the pulses may allow control of both electronic and nuclear dynamics that determine ion yields. We report on a combined experimental and theoretical effort to determine how shaped laser pulses affect tunnel ionization, the process that precedes many strong-field phenomena. We carried out experiments on Ar, N₂, H₂O, and O₂ using a phase-step function of amplitude 3/4π that is scanned across the spectrum of the pulse. In addition, we changed the amount of chirp in the pulses. Semiclassical as well as fully quantum mechanical time-dependent Schrödinger equation calculations are found to be in excellent agreement with experimental results. We find that precise knowledge of the field parameters in the time and frequency domains is essential to afford reproducible results and quantitative theory and experiment comparisons.

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Research Organization:: Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI (United States); Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0002325; SC0021054; PHYS-1505492

OSTI ID:: 1979616

Journal Information:: Physical Review A, Vol. 105, Issue 5; ISSN 2469-9926

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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