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Title: Retrieval of parameters of few-cycle laser pulses from high-energy photoelectron spectra of atoms by a genetic algorithm

Journal Article · · Physical Review A
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  1. National University of Defense Technology, Hunan (China); Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)
  2. China Academy of Engineering Physics, Beijing (China)
  3. Shantou Univ., Guangdong (China)
  4. Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)

According to the quantitative rescattering theory, the laser features are imbedded in the returning electron wave packets. By analyzing high-energy photoelectron wave packets on the two sides of the linearly polarization axis we can retrieve the experimental laser pulse irrespective of the atomic targets. Laser parameters including its carrier-envelope phase, pulse duration, and peak intensity can be retrieved within a small range simultaneously from the output of the genetic algorithm. Finally, this is a simple direct retrieval method for characterizing a phase-stabilized few-cycle laser pulse based only on one set of photoelectron spectra.

Research Organization:
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
FG02-86ER13491; 11274219
OSTI ID:
1535743
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1363834
Journal Information:
Physical Review A, Vol. 95, Issue 6; ISSN 2469-9926
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 1 work
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