Measuring Carrier-Envelope Phase of Few-Cycle Laser Pulses Using High-Order Above-Threshold Ionization Photoelectrons

We experimentally demonstrate the measurement of carrier-envelope phase of few-cycle laser pulses. We have built a stereo above-threshold ionization setup. The photoelectron energy spectra of high-order above-threshold ionization are measured in both the left and right directions in the linearly polarized laser fields. It is shown that the left-right asymmetry of the spectra is dependent on carrier-envelope phase of few-cycle laser pulses. Two asymmetry parameters from the low-energy and high-energy regions at the above-threshold ionization plateau map a phase ellipse, in which the points indicate the absolute value of carrier-envelope phase. We have calibrated the phase ellipse by comparison with the semiclassical calculation. This setup allows us to determine the value of the absolute phase of few-cycle laser pulses.     

Above-Threshold Photoemission of Compound Nanoantennas Irradiated by Femtosecond Laser Pulses

A theoretical study of electron emission processes that occur at interaction of femtosecond laser pulses with bowtie compound nanoantennas is performed. A numerical analysis is conducted of the dependences of the spectra of ejected electrons on the features of the light pulses for different geometric parameters of the antennas. The calculation results show that asymmetric nanoantennas have distinct advantages over symmetric configurations of the elements of compound antennas.     

Identification of Above-Threshold Ionization by Imaging Photoelectrons from Ammonia Molecules in an Intense Femtosecond Laser Field

The above-threshold ionization process of ammonia molecules induced by a femtosecond laser field at 800 nm is studied in the intensity range from 1.6 × 10¹³ to 5.7 × 10¹³ W/cm². Channel switching under different laser intensities is observed and identified in the photoelectron kinetic energy spectra of ammonia. Based on the photoelectron kinetic energy distributions and the photoelectron angular distributions, the characteristic peaks observed are exclusively ass...     

Ionization of Clusters in Intense Laser Pulses through Collective Electron Dynamics

The motion of electrons and ions in medium-sized rare gas clusters ( approximately 1000 atoms) exposed to intense laser pulses is studied microscopically by means of classical molecular dynamics using a hierarchical tree code. Pulse parameters for optimum ionization are found to be wavelength dependent. This resonant behavior is traced back to a collective electron oscillation inside the charged cluster. It is shown that this dynamics can be well described by a driven and damped harmonic oscillator allowing for a clear discrimination against other energy absorption mechanisms.     

强激光啁啾脉冲中原子的高次谐波辐射

数值计算了强激光啁啾脉冲中原子的谐波辐射。啁啾效应使谐波发生移动和展宽，即相对于无啁啾冲情形，负啁啾脉冲中谐波平台的前半部分发生兰移，而后半部分谐波谱则发生红移。     

High-Order Above-Threshold Ionization of H2+ in Intense Laser Field

The nonperturbative quantum electrodynamies method proposed by Fu et al. [Phys. Rev. A 75 （2007） 063419] is employed to study the high-order above-threshold ionization （ATI） of a diatomic molecule. Based on this frequency-domain theory, the high-order ATI process can be regarded as ATI followed by laser-assisted collision, where the total transition amplitude is the coherent summation of the contributions from each ATI channel. The angular-resolved ATI spectrum, which agrees with the results by Becket et al. based on the time-domain method, is obtained by this frequency domain theory. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that the interference characteristics representing the molecular structure in the ATI spectrum originates from the recollision of the electron with two-centre ion in each ATI channel.     

飞秒脉冲制作啁啾光纤光栅的理论研究

提出了利用一束啁啾飞秒脉冲与另一束非啁啾飞秒脉冲相干制作啁啾光纤光栅的新方法, 并分析了其反射特性, 以及光栅结构与啁啾系数的关系, 讨论了其作为展宽器的应用, 为设计小型展宽器提供了理论基础.     

纳秒强激光中乙腈团簇增强的高价电离研究

利用脉宽为25 ns的脉冲Nd∶YAG 1 064 nm的激光,在1010～1011 W·cm-2的强度下,用飞行时间质谱对乙腈分子束激光电离过程进行了研究。实验中利 用氦气作为载气,乙腈分子束采用扩散和脉冲两种方式进样,当扩散束进样时,乙腈分子的谱峰可用多光子电离来解释,而当脉冲分子束进样时,实验中产生了外层价电子高剥离的Nq+ (q=2～5) 和Cq+(q=1～4)信号谱。实验中同时发现,激光波长增大时,高价离子的谱强度也趋向于增大。激光延迟及谱峰的相关性分析表明,这些高价离子可能来源于乙腈团簇的库仑爆炸 过程。提出一个多光子电离引发,逆韧致吸收加热-电子碰撞电离模型来解释高价离子的产生,对高价离子伴随的波长效应也给出了较为合理的解释。     

稠密等离子体表面不稳定性的入射光偏振态效应

用二维粒子模拟程序研究了相对论强激光和稠密等离子体相互作用引起的表面不稳定。数值模拟表明,在s偏振光作用下,等离子体表面出现了类瑞利泰勒不稳定性。形成的不稳定结构随时间发展进一步深入到等离子体内部,最终使等离子体密度形成分层泡状结构,并向前传播。这种不稳定的产生与初始等离子体密度有密切关系,在高于20倍临界密度等离子体的表面没有明显观察到这种不稳定。在p偏振激光作用下,等离子体表面不能明显地形成这种结构。因此在三维几何结构下,这种等离子体表面不稳定性将呈现各向异性。这种表面不稳定将直接影响高次谐波产生和离子加速效率。     

Microscopic Dynamics of Nonsequential Double Ionization by Elliptically Polarized Few-Cycle Laser Pulses

With the classical ensemble model, we investigate nonsequential double ionization (NSDI) of xenon atoms using 780 nm, 0.25 PW/cm2elliptically polarized few-cycle laser pulses. The momentum distribution of correlated electron along the long axis of the laser polarization plane shows an obvious V-like structure locating at the third quadrant, and the momentum along the short axis of the laser polarization plane are mainly distributed in the second and fourth quadrants. Moreover, we demonstrate that the Coulomb repulsion interaction plays a decisive role to the above results.By back analyzing the classical trajectories of NSDI, we find that there are two kinds of recollision trajectories mainly contribute to NSDI, and the different microscopic dynamics for the two kinds of trajectories are clearly explored.     

啁啾高斯脉冲经啁啾光纤光栅反射后的传输特性

在考虑侈阶和高阶色散的情况下,给出了啁啾高斯光脉冲被啁啾光纤光栅反射后在光纤中传输时脉冲展宽的解析析式,。讨论了啁啾光栅脉减压缩和色散补偿中的几个重要问题。以线性啁啾光纤光栅为实例进行了数值计算,发现了脉冲殿宽的对称性质,最后提出一种新颖的可用于估算脉冲受光纤光栅作用后脉宽展宽的简单办法。     

啁啾脉冲堆积宽带激光的时间与频谱特性分析

理论研究了啁啾堆积脉冲宽带激光时间与频谱特性与子脉冲参量的关系.结果表明,变换极限子脉冲堆积所得的脉冲平滑,频率啁啾型与时间啁啾型子脉冲堆积所得脉冲出现时间调制,平滑性变差,从频谱上看,前者出现单一谱线,而后者可看到多条谱线;随着子脉冲间延迟的增加,堆积脉冲由脉冲间干涉引起的时间调制增多,但幅度减弱,而频谱的谱线数量增加.所得结果可为适当地选择堆积脉冲参量以获得所需的时间与频谱形状的宽带激光提供参考.     

啁啾脉冲堆积宽带激光的时间与频谱特性分析

理论研究了啁啾堆积脉冲宽带激光时间与频谱特性与子脉冲参量的关系.结果表明,变换极限子脉冲堆积所得的脉冲平滑,频率啁啾型与时间啁啾型子脉冲堆积所得脉冲出现时间调制,平滑性变差,从频谱上看,前者出现单一谱线,而后者可看到多条谱线|随着子脉冲间延迟的增加,堆积脉冲由脉冲间干涉引起的时间调制增多,但幅度减弱,而频谱的谱线数量增加.所得结果可为适当地选择堆积脉冲参量以获得所需的时间与频谱形状的宽带激光提供参考.     

Approximated Vector Potential of Intense Laser Pulses in a Pair Plasma

A （3＋1 ）-dimensional Kadomtse-Petviashvili （KP） equation for nonlinearly interacting intense laser pulses with an electron-positron （e-p） plasma is derived. Taking into account the combined action of the relativistic particle mass increase and the relativistic light ponderomotive force, using the perturbation method, and allowing different types solution, we discuss the analytical solution of （3＋1）-dimensional KP-I equation, and give the approximate solutions of vector potential of the intense laser pulse in e-p plasma. Our results may be significantly useful in understanding the nonlinear wave propagation and interaction of intense laser beams in an e-p plasma.     

强阿秒XUV激光脉冲下H_2+分子光电子能谱角分布非对称性

利用2D平面模型,求解了描述定向H_{_2}⁺分子和阿秒XUV脉冲相互作用的薛定谔方程,并求得光电子的角度分布．在计算模型中,采用基态1sσ_g和第一激发态2pσ_u的等比例混合态作为初始态,而激光脉冲的光子能量大于电离势,强度为10¹⁴ W/cm²． 计算结果表明,光电子角分布的非对称性和脉冲的宽度密切相关．这种非对称性实际上是由于初始态的基态和激发态的相干振荡而导致的．当使用长脉冲时,这种相干振荡的周期效应就会被平均而消失,从而产生的光电子能谱会呈对称角分布．     

Threshold Effect in the Photoemission of Composite Nanoantennas Irradiated by Intense Femtosecond Laser Pulses

JETP Letters - A new mechanism has been proposed for the formation of energy spectra of photoelectrons by above-threshold photoemission of composite nanoantennas with small gaps between elements...     

阈上电离过程中光电子角分布的精细结构

应用非微扰散射理论并考虑自发辐射 ,研究了阈上电离过程中光电子的角分布。由于自发辐射的影响 ,电子的角分布具有精细结构 ,成功地解释了Nandor等人的实验观测。