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Precision calculation of above-threshold multiphoton ionization in intense short-wavelength laser fields: The momentum-space approach and time-dependent generalized pseudospectral method
Chu, Shih-I Zhou, Zhongyuan
Chu, Shih-I
Zhou, Zhongyuan
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We present an approach in momentum (P) space for the accurate study of multiphoton and above-threshold ionization (ATI) dynamics of atomic systems driven by intense laser fields. In this approach, the electron wave function is calculated by solving the P-space time-dependent Schrödinger equation (TDSE) in a finite P-space volume under a simple zero asymptotic boundary condition. The P-space TDSE is propagated accurately and efficiently by means of the time-dependent generalized pseudospectral method with optimal momentum grid discretization and a split-operator time propagator in the energy representation. The differential ionization probabilities are calculated directly from the continuum-state wave function obtained by projecting the total electron wave function onto the continuum-state subspace using the projection operator constructed by the continuum eigenfunctions of the unperturbed Hamiltonian. As a case study, we apply this approach to the nonperturbative study of the multiphoton and ATI dynamics of a hydrogen atom exposed to intense short-wavelength laser fields. High-resolution photoelectron energy-angular distribution and ATI spectra have been obtained. We find that with the increase of the laser intensity, the photoelectron energy-angular distribution changes from circular to dumbbell shaped and is squeezed along the laser field direction. We also explore the change of the maximum photoelectron energy with laser intensity and strong-field atomic stabilization phenomenon in detail.
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This is the published version, also available here: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.83.013405.
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2011-01-19
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Zhou, Zhongyuan & Chu, Shih-I. "Precision calculation of above-threshold multiphoton ionization in intense short-wavelength laser fields: The momentum-space approach and time-dependent generalized pseudospectral method." Phys. Rev. A 83, 013405 – Published 19 January 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.83.013405.