Multiphoton above-threshold ionization in superintense free-electron x-ray laser fields: Beyond the dipole approximation
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Issue Date
2013-02-13Author
Zhou, Zhongyuan
Chu, Shih-I
Publisher
American Physical Society
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Article
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Scholarly/refereed, publisher version
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We present an accurate and efficient nondipole computational approach in momentum space for the nonperturbative study of multiphoton above-threshold ionization (ATI) of atoms in superintense and ultrashort-wavelength laser fields. This approach has been successfully used to investigate the multiphoton processes of a hydrogen atom exposed to superintense free-electron x-ray laser fields. We find that, compared to results of the dipole approximation, the nondipole ATI spectra are enhanced substantially in the high-energy regime, and the photoelectron angular distributions are distorted significantly in higher-intensity and/or longer-pulse laser fields; in particular two lobes are induced, one along and one against the laser propagation direction. The origin of these phenomena has been explored in detail.
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This is the publisher's version, also available electronically from http://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.87.023407.
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Zhou, Zhongyuan; Chu, Shih-I. (2013). "Multiphoton above-threshold ionization in superintense free-electron x-ray laser fields: Beyond the dipole approximation." Physical Review A, 87(2):023407. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.87.023407.
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