Electron heating through a set of random levels in the conduction band of insulators induced by femtosecond laser pulses

We develop a theory describing the heating of electrons in crystalline insulators irradiated by high-intensity laser pulses. In agreement with photoelectron yield versus intensity measurements, we assume that electrons are excited into the conduction band from defect layers and traps. The electron dynamics due to direct inter-branch transitions within the conduction band is simulated by solving of time-dependant Schr?dinger equation. The set of levels for this equation is supposed to be random with a distribution function equal to the density of states in the conduction band. The influence of different parameters on the electron heating efficiency is studied. The theory is applied for diamond; the theoretical spectrum is in qualitative agreement with the experimental observations.     

Spectral distributions of harmonic generation from electron oscillation driven by intense femtosecond laser pulses

The characteristics of harmonic radiation due to electron oscillation driven by an intense femtosecond laser pulse are analyzed considering a single electron model. An interesting modulated structure of the spectrum is observed and analyzed for different polarization. Higher order harmonic radiations are possible for a sufficiently intense driving laser pulse. We have shown that for a realistic pulsed photon beam, the spectrum of the radiation is red shifted as well as broadened because of changes in the longitudinal velocity of the electrons during the laser pulse. These effects are more pronounced at higher laser intensities giving rise to higher order harmonics that eventually leads to a continuous spectrum. Numerical simulations have further shown that by increasing the laser pulse width broadening of the high harmonic radiations can be limited.     

BEPCII横向束流反馈系统的梳状滤波器

BEPCII是一个多束团、大流强的装置, 由于高频腔的高次模和电阻壁阻抗等因素，不可避免地会出现束流不稳定性。BEPCII中采用束流反馈系统来抑制束流不稳定性。横向束流反馈系统主要包括前端电子学、信号处理电子学、反馈器件和放大器等几个部分。梳状滤波器是信号处理电子学的重要部件，利用两根长短不同的电缆以及一个功分器和合成器构成了一种简单有效的梳状滤波器，其梳状深度达到-41 dB，使用这种梳状滤波器的横向反馈系统成功地抑制了束流中出现的不稳定性。     

飞秒强激光场中氢原子团簇的各向异性膨胀

利用LAMMPS程序研究了氢原子团簇在飞秒强激光场下的动力学行为, 讨论了引起小氢原子团簇各向异性膨胀的原因.通过对外电离过程中团簇内部电子的行为以及团簇各个方向上最外层质子距离团簇中心的距离随时间的变化情况的分析, 发现团簇的膨胀呈现各向异性,且引起这种各向异性的根源在于团簇内部电子的抖动以及逃逸.对氢原子团簇与强激光场相互作用过程中质子各能量分量以及各向异性程度随时间变化情况进行了研究,发现各向异性程度是随时间变化的, 这种各向异性程度首先随着激光电场的增强而增加,随后又逐渐减小,直到最后趋于某一大于1的稳定值.分析了激光脉冲结束后质子的平均能量与观测角之间的关系, 并将分析结果与Ditmire小组的实验结果进行了比较,发现我们的模拟结果在定性上与实验相符合.     

Chirping-dependent ionization and dissociation of methane in an intense femtosecond laser field

We studied the ionization and dissociation of polyatomic molecule methane in an intense femtosecond laserfield with wavelength of 810 nm and intensities ranging from 1.4×10~(14)to 2.6×10~(15) W/cm~2 by massspeetroscopy.Abundant fragment inos were observed in addition to the strong parent ion.The effect offrequency chirp was investigated and it was found that the negatively chirped pulses dramatically enhancedthe dissociation probability,which might be used to control the dissociation pathways.     

Dynamic stabilization of Na atom in an intense pulsed laser field

We investigate theoretically the ionization properties of the valence electron for the alkali metal atom Na in an intense pulsed laser field by solving numerically the time-dependent Schr ¨odinger equation with an accurate l-dependent model potential.By calculating the variations of the ionization probabilities with laser peak intensity for wavelengths ranging from 200 nm to 600 nm,our results present a dynamic stabilization trend for the Na atom initially in its ground state(3 s) and the excited states(3 p and 4 s) exposed to an intense pulsed laser field.Especially a clear "window" of dynamic stabilization at lower laser intensities and longer wavelengths for the initial state 4 s(the second excited state) is found.By analyzing the time-dependent population distributions of the valence electron in the bound states with the different values of principal quantum number n and orbital quantum number l,we can attribute the dynamic stabilization to the periodic population in the low-excited states since the valence electron oscillates rapidly between the lowly excited states and the continuum states.     

强激光场中模型氢原子的势函数对产生高次谐波强度的影响

在保证一维模型氢原子基态能量不变的前提下,通过构造一个可调参数的势函数,研究了在单个周期和多个周期激光作用下,取不同参数势函数一维模型氢原子产生的高次谐波谱规律.结果表明,在过垒电离区域,一维模型氢原子的高次谐波强度与势函数势阱的深度有关,与势函数是否存在库仑奇点没有直接关系. 关键词： 强激光场 一维模型氢原子 势函数 高次谐波     

Control of the intensity of a single harmonic generated in laser plasma by varying the chirp of intense femtosecond pulses

A significant increase, as well as a decrease, in the intensity of single higher harmonics of femtosecond radiation of a Ti:sapphire laser that are generated in a weakly excited laser plasma on the surface of GaAs, Cr, InSb, In, and stainless steel is demonstrated. The intensities of some higher harmonics in different regions of their plateaulike distribution varied from a 23-fold excess over the intensity of the neighboring harmonics to the complete absence in the extreme ultraviolet spectrum. The specific features of a 200-fold increase in the intensity of the 13th harmonic generated in indium plasma are analyzed. These variations in the intensity distribution of harmonics in the plateau region are obtained by varying the chirp of laser pulses.     

强激光场中模型氢原子和真实氢原子产生高次谐波的比较

通过数值求解原子在强激光场中的含时薛定谔方程,研究了有库仑奇点和无库仑奇点的一维模型氢原子和三维真实氢原子产生高次谐波的特性。结果表明,有库仑奇点和无库仑奇点的一维模型氢原子和三维真实氢原子产生高次谐波的截止位置相同,但是高次谐波强度变化特征明显不同,进一步的研究表明,无库仑奇点的模型氢原子产生的高次谐波谱相对变化趋势与三维真实氢原子的高次谐波谱变化趋势是完全一致的。     

强激光场中模型氢原子和真实氢原子产生高次谐波的比较

通过数值求解原子在强激光场中的含时薛定谔方程,研究了有库仑奇点和无库仑奇点的一维模型氢原子和三维真实氢原子产生高次谐波的特性.结果表明,有库仑奇点和无库仑奇点的一维模型氢原子和三维真实氢原子产生高次谐波的截止位置相同,但是高次谐波强度变化特征明显不同,进一步的研究表明,无库仑奇点的模型氢原子产生的高次谐波谱相对变化趋势与三维真实氢原子的高次谐波谱变化趋势是完全一致的.     

Dynamics of an electron in a relativistically intense laser field including radiaion reaction

The dynamics of an electron in a relativistically intense laser pulse field is described with the radiation reaction being taken into account. The study is based on solving the Newton equation with the Lorentz and the radiation reaction forces. Validation is provided for an iteration technique which makes it possible to remove the discrepancies found in the theoretical models of radiation reaction. It is demonstrated that an electron having a high initial velocity and colliding head-on with a laser pulse sheds a considerable part of its kinetic energy due to the radiation reaction. A broadening of the electromagnetic pulse emitted by the electron occurs as a result of the same effect. The findings obtained can be used to experimentally verify the effect of radiation reaction.     

Quantum state reconstruction of a rotational wave packet created by a nonresonant intense femtosecond laser field

We have experimentally determined the amplitudes and phases of a rotational wave packet in an adiabatically cooled benzene molecule, created by a nonresonant intense femtosecond laser field. In this wave-packet reconstruction, the initial wave packet is further interfered by a replica of the first laser pulse, and the resultant modulation in population is observed in a state-resolved manner. Though several states with different nuclear-spin modifications are populated in the initial condition, a single wave packet created from one of them (with J=0) is specifically reconstructed. Phase shifts characteristic of stepwise Raman excitation beyond the perturbative regime are experimentally identified.     

Observation of a fast electron beam emitted along the surface of a target irradiated by intense femtosecond laser pulses

A novel fast electron beam emitting along the surface of a target irradiated by intense laser pulses is observed. The beam is found to appear only when the plasma density scale length is small. Numerical simulations reveal that the electron beam is formed due to the confinement of the surface quasistatic electromagnetic fields. The results are of interest for potential applications of fast electron beams and deep understanding of the cone-target physics in the fast ignition related experiments.     

Suppressed molecular ionization for a class of diatomics in intense femtosecond laser fields

It is shown that the puzzling experimental observation of suppressed molecular ionization, in intense laser fields, of O2, and its absence in N2, is a symmetry induced dynamical effect. More generally, it is predicted that the ionization signal of the class of homonuclear diatomic molecules having valence orbitals with an antibonding symmetry (e.g., sigma(u), pi(g)) would be suppressed, but not those with a bonding symmetry (e.g., sigma(g), pi(u)). The suppression effect can be visualized as due to an effective destructive interference between the two subwaves of the ionizing electron emerging from the two atomic centers.     

Evidence for rescattering in intense, femtosecond laser interactions with a negative ion

It is now well established that energetic electron emission, nonsequential ionization, and high harmonic generation, produced during the interaction of intense, femtosecond laser pulses with atoms (and atomic positive ions), can be explained by invoking rescattering of the active electron in the laser field, the so-called rescattering mechanism. In contrast for negative ions, the role of rescattering has not been established experimentally. By irradiating F- ions with ultrashort laser pulses, F+ ion yields as a function of intensity for both linearly and circularly polarized light have been measured. We find that, at intensities well below saturation for F+ production by sequential ionization, there is a small but significant enhancement in the yield for the case of linearly polarized light, providing the first clear experimental evidence for the existence of the rescattering mechanism in negative ions.     

Influence of an intense pulsed electromagnetic field on nonresonant scattering of a photon by an electron for the nonrelativistic energy

The theory of nonresonant scattering of a photon by an electron in the field of an intense pulsed light wave is developed. The approximation when a pulse width is considerably greater than the characteristic time of wave oscillation is considered. The nonresonant kinematic region is determined. The general relativistic expression for the nonresonant cross-section is derived for the range of the external field intensities if η ₀ ? 1, η₀ ² ? 1 (see Eq. (12)) is valid. The obtained differential cross-section of the process has form of a sum over partial differential cross-sections. Each of them corresponds to the process with emission (absorption) of a certain number of wave photons. It is shown, that for nonrelativistic energy the cross-section summed over all possible partial processes differs considerably from the cross-section of Compton scattering if the external field is absent and may exceed the latter over than 200%.     

Guiding of intense laser pulses in plasma waveguides produced from efficient, femtosecond end-pumped heating of clustered gases

We demonstrate intense pulse guiding in efficient femtosecond end-pumped waveguides generated in clustered gases. This novel scheme provides a route to significantly lower on-axis plasma density (< 10(18) cm(-3)) more than is feasible in conventional hydrodynamic plasma waveguides. Self-focused propagation and strong absorption of intense femtosecond laser pulses are used to produce long centimeter scale channels in an argon cluster jet, and a subsequent pulse is guided with 3 x 10(17) W cm(-2) intensity and approximately 50% coupling efficiency. Preliminary results with hydrogen clusters also show guiding.     

强激光场中模型氢原子和真实氢原子的高次谐波与电离特性研究

利用数值方法求解含时薛定谔方程，研究了一维、二维模型氢原子和真实的三维氢原子在强激光场中产生的高次谐波和电离特性.结果表明，在多光子电离区域和过垒电离区域，模型氢原子与真实的氢原子产生的高次谐波和电离概率差别很小；在隧道电离区域，它们产生的高次谐波的平台特征和截止位置相似，电离概率随时间变化的趋势相近，但其数值有明显的差异.对产生这种差异的原因进行了分析. 关键词： 强激光场 高次谐波 电离概率     

High-order harmonic generation of CO_2 with different vibrational modes in an intense laser field

We apply the strong-field Lewenstein model to demonstrate the high-order harmonic generation of CO_2 with three vibrational modes(balance vibration,bending vibration,and stretching vibration) driven by an intense laser field.The results show that the intensity of harmonic spectra is sensitive to molecular vibrational modes,and the high harmonic efficiency with stretching vibrational mode is the strongest.The underlying physical mechanism of the harmonic emission can be well explained by the corresponding ionization yield and the time-frequency analysis.Finally,we demonstrate the attosecond pulse generation with different vibrational modes and an isolated attosecond pulse with a duration of about 112 as is generated.