Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 17, 1732001(2024)

Photoionization of Atoms and Molecules by Strong XUV Pulses (Invited)

Guangyin Liu1, Weichao Jiang1、*, and Liangyou Peng2、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Institute for Quantum Precision Measurement, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, Guangdong , China
  • 2State Key Laboratory of Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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    KH potential defined in Eq. (3) for α0=13.5 a.u.[93]
    Ground-state wave function of hydrogen atom varies with α0 in the KH frame[82]
    Ionization rate of hydrogen atom varies with α0[93]
    Schematic diagrams of temporal coherence for atomic stabilization[78]. (a1)(a2) cosϕVt function curves; (b1)(b2) photoelectron momentum as a function of ejection time; The blue lines mark the ejection time of k=1.83 a.u. and k=1.78 a.u.
    Photoelectron momentum spectra of ground-state hydrogen atom in high-inernsity strong XUV laser pulse[78]. (a) Photoelectron momentum spectrum calculated using TDSE under the electric dipole approximation; (b) photoelectron momentum spectrum calculated using TDSE with non-dipole corrections; (c) photoelectron momentum spectrum obtained from model calculations; (d) angular distribution of photoelectrons with an exit momentum of 1.83 a.u., corresponding to the white horizontal line in Fig. 5(a)-(c)
    Photoelectron momentum spectra of laser propagation along the y-axis directionin[78]. (a) x-z plane; (b) y-z plane
    AT splitting in photoelectron energy spectra of He atom at three different photon energies[167]. (a) Experimental measurement; (b) theoretical calculation
    Schematic diagram of dynamic AT splitting[171]. (a) Photoelectron energy spectra of hydrogen atom varies with the time delay τ between the pump and the probe pulse, the photon energy of the pump pulse ω1=0.375 a.u., and the photon energy of the probe pulse ω2=1.3 a.u.; (b) population of the ground-state (TDSE) is compared with the delay-dependent photoelectron signal at E=0.8 a.u. (three probe pulse durations are shown); (c) AT splitting near E=0.8 a.u. is observed for the vertical cuts at τ=-10.4 a.u. and τ=74.8 a.u. in Fig. 8(a)
    Basic images of dynamic AT splitting. (a) Time-domain coherence; (b) frequency-domain coherence
    Photoelectron energy spectra of hydrogen atom in XUV laser pulses with photon energy 53.6 eV[184]
    Photoelectron spectra of ground-state hydrogen and helium atoms in XUV laser pulses with different intensities and different pulse durations[186]. (a)(b) Hydrogen atom; (c)(d) helium atom
    Joint photoelectron energy spectra for double ionization of helium from full-dimensional TDSE calculations[79]. (a1)(a2)(a3) Fixed photon energy at 54.6 eV, pulse duration of 1 fs, with varying peak intensities; (b1)(b2)(b3) fixed peak intensity at 1×1019 W/cm2, pulse duration of 1 fs, with varying photon energies; (c1)(c2)(c3) fixed peak intensity at 1×1019 W/cm2, photon energy at 75 eV, with varying pulse durations
    Double ionization paths of He atom in a single XUV pulse[79]
    Sequential two-photon ionization energy spectra of H atom by a Gaussian-shaped pulse with a pulse duration of 30 fs, photon energy of 10.20 eV, and peak intensity of 1.3×1013 W/cm2[190]
    Photoionization spectra of the He atom computed for Gaussian-shaped pulses of 30 fs duration, two carrier frequencies of 1.500 a.u. (left) and 1.528 a.u. (right), and different peak intensities[198]
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    Paper Information

    Category: Ultrafast Optics

    Received: Jun. 17, 2024

    Accepted: Aug. 12, 2024

    Published Online: Sep. 11, 2024

    The Author Email: Weichao Jiang (jiang.wei.chao@szu.edu.cn), Liangyou Peng (liangyou.peng@pku.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS241174

    CSTR:32393.14.AOS241174

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