Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 45, Issue 16, 1632001(2025)

Tunneling Time Delay in Ultraviolet Laser-Driven Ionization of Ar Atoms

Zhilei Xiao1, Songpo Xu2、***, Duoduo Li1, Zixi Li3、**, and Zhengrong Wei1、*
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  • 1School of Physics, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, Hubei , China
  • 2Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, Hubei , China
  • 3School of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430056, Hubei , China
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    Photoelectron momentum distributions of Ar atoms in polarization plane of elliptical laser field calculated using TDSE, nonadiabatic theory, and MP theory. (a)‒(c) TDSE, with laser intensity of 1.5×1014, 2.5×1014, and 3.0×1014 W/cm2; (d)‒(f) nonadiabatic theory, with laser intensity of 1.5×1014, 2.5×1014, and 3.0×1014 W/cm2; (g)‒(i) MP theory, with laser intensity of 1.5×1014, 2.5×1014, and 3.0×1014 W/cm2
    Photoelectron energy distributions calculated using TDSE, nonadiabatic mode, and MP theory. (a) Laser intensity of 1.5×1014 W/cm2; (b) laser intensity of 2.5×1014 W/cm2; (c) laser intensity of 3.0×1014 W/cm2
    Photoelectron angular distributions for different order ATIs with laser intensity of 2.5×1014 W/cm2 calculated using TDSE, nonadiabatic mode, and MP theory. (a) 1st- order; (b) 2nd-order; (c) 3rd-order
    Variations of angular maximum and tunneling time delay. (a) Angular maximum plotted as a function of electron energy; (b) phase shift between results of TDSE and other two models as a function of electron energy, and corresponding tunneling time delay
    Distributions of half-cycle-averaged initial longitudinal momentum, initial transverse momentum, tunneling exits, and MP for the 1st-, the 2nd-, and the 3rd-order ATIs. (a) Distributions of initial longitudinal momentum; (b) distributions of initial transverse momentum; (c) distributions of distance between tunneling exits and nucleus; (d) distributions of MP
    Typical electron orbits of different ATIs. (a)(b) Typical electron orbits of the 1st-, 2nd-, 3rd-ATI with MP theory and the 2nd-ATI with nonadiabatic model; (c)(d) pxand pzwith respect to evolution time
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    Zhilei Xiao, Songpo Xu, Duoduo Li, Zixi Li, Zhengrong Wei. Tunneling Time Delay in Ultraviolet Laser-Driven Ionization of Ar Atoms[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2025, 45(16): 1632001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Ultrafast Optics

    Received: Apr. 24, 2025

    Accepted: May. 27, 2025

    Published Online: Aug. 15, 2025

    The Author Email: Songpo Xu (spxu@apm.ac.cn), Zixi Li (540291179@qq.com), Zhengrong Wei (weizhengrong@hubu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS251003

    CSTR:32393.14.AOS251003

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