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Title: General Theory of Carrier-Envelope Phase Effects

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. J. R. Macdonald Laboratory, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, 66506 (United States)

We present a general framework for understanding carrier-envelope phase (CEP) effects in a quantum system interacting with an intense, short laser pulse. We establish a simple connection between the CEP and the wave function that can be exploited to obtain the full CEP dependence of an observable given the wave function at a single CEP. Within this framework, all CEP effects are interpreted as interference between different photon amplitudes which, in turn, can be used to put limits on the pulse lengths and intensities required to see significant CEP effects.

OSTI ID:
21024508
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 99, Issue 22; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.220406; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English