Limitations of the strong field approximation in ionization of the hydrogen atom by ultrashort pulses |
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Authors: | D G Arbó K T?kési J E Miraglia |
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Institution: | (1) Institute for Astronomy and Space Physics, IAFE, CC 67, Suc. 28 (1428), Buenos Aires, Argentina;(2) Institute of Nuclear Research of the Hungarian Academy of Science, P.O. Box 51, ATOMKI, 4001 Debrecen, Hungary;(3) Department of Physics, FCEN, University of Buenos Aires, Aires, Argentina |
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Abstract: | We present a theoretical study of the ionization of hydrogen atoms as a result of the interaction with an ultrashort external electric field. Doubly-differential momentum distributions and angular momentum distributions of ejected electrons calculated in the framework of the Coulomb-Volkov and strong field approximations, as well as classical calculations are compared with the exact solution of the time dependent Schr ödinger equation. We show that in the impulsive limit, the Coulomb-Volkov distorted wave theory reproduces the exact solution. The validity of the strong field approximation is probed both classically and quantum mechanically. We found that classical mechanics describes the proper quantum momentum distributions of the ejected electrons right after a sudden momentum transfer, however pronounced the differences at latter stages that arise during the subsequent electron-nucleus interaction. Although the classical calculations reproduce the quantum momentum distributions, it fails to describe properly the angular momentum distributions, even in the limit of strong fields. The origin of this failure can be attributed to the difference between quantum and classical initial spatial distributions. |
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Keywords: | PACS" target="_blank">PACS 32 80 -t Photoionization and excitation 32 80 Fb Photoionization of atoms and ions 42 50 Hz Strong-field excitation of optical transitions in quantum systems multiphoton processes dynamic Stark shift |
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