Mechanisms of infrared-laser-assisted atomic ionization by attosecond pulses

Journal Article · Mon Feb 15 04:00:00 EST 2010 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.81.021404· OSTI ID:21408169

Tong, X M ^[1]; Ranitovic, P ^[2]; Cocke, C L ^[2]; Toshima, N ^[1]

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1. Institute of Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8573 (Japan)
2. James R. Macdonald Laboratory, Physics Department, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 66506 (United States)

We propose a mechanism to understand the infrared (IR) laser assisted atomic ionization by attosecond pulses (AP). Atomic structures in an IR laser field are described by Floquet states and atoms can be ionized to a Floquet state by a single AP through different Floquet components. The interference of ionization through different Floquet components results in the oscillation of the ionization yield as a function of the arriving time of the AP. The proposed mechanism explains the recent experimental observations [Johnsson et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 233001 (2007)]. Furthermore, we find that, for a specified photoelectron energy, the ionization yield always oscillates as a function of the relative phase between the AP and the IR laser for both He and Ar atoms.

• OSTI ID: 21408169
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 81; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ATOMS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
FUNCTIONS
INTERFERENCE
IONIZATION
LASER RADIATION
LASERS
OSCILLATIONS
PULSES
RADIATIONS
YIELDS