Identifying the contributions of multiple-returning recollision orbits in strong-field above-threshold ionization

  • Jia Tan
  • Yang Li
  • Yueming Zhou
  • Mingrui He
  • Yinbo Chen
  • Min Li
  • Peixiang Lu
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Abstract

We calculate the photoelectron momentum distributions (PMDs) from strong-field above-threshold ionization of Ar in the co-linearly polarized two-color laser fields consisting a strong fundamental component and a much weaker second harmonic by solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation. Utilizing the recently introduced phase-of-the-phase (PP) spectroscopy, we analyze the relative phase dependence of the PMDs of the recollision electrons and the jumps in the PP spectroscopy are observed. With the semi-classical model, we demonstrate that the phase jumps originate from the competition between the orbits where recollision occurs at different returnings. Thus, the relative contribution of the multiple-returning recollision orbits is unambiguously identified with the PP spectroscopy. Additionally, we show that the relative contribution of the multiple-returning recollision orbits depends on the laser wavelength and ellipticity. In elliptically polarized laser field, the yield of the high-energy photoelectrons favors the contribution of the second-returning recollision orbits. In 1600-nm laser field, the PP spectroscopy indicates that the relative contribution of multiple-returning recollision orbits is strongly sensitive to the electron energy.

Keywords

Above-threshold ionization Strong laser field Photoionization of atoms and ions 
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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC) under Grant Nos. 11604108, 11234004, and 11622431. Numerical simulations presented in this paper were carried out using the High Performance Computing Center experimental testbed in SCTS/CGCL.

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Jia Tan
    • 1
  • Yang Li
    • 1
  • Yueming Zhou
    • 1
  • Mingrui He
    • 1
  • Yinbo Chen
    • 1
  • Min Li
    • 1
  • Peixiang Lu
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.School of PhysicsHuazhong University of Science and TechnologyWuhanPeople’s Republic of China
  2. 2.Laboratory of Optical Information TechnologyWuhan Institute of TechnologyWuhanPeople’s Republic of China

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