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Attosecond dynamics of electron wave packets in intense laser fields

Varju, Katalin LU ; Johnsson, Per LU orcid ; Mauritsson, J. ; Lopez-Martens, R. ; Gustafsson, E. ; Remetter, T. and L'Huillier, Anne LU orcid (2007) Joint Conference on Ultrafast Optics V and Applications of High Field and Short Wavelength Sources XI 132. p.15-24
Abstract
We use a train of sub-200 attosecond extreme ultraviolet (XUV) pulses with energies just above the ionization threshold in argon to create a train of temporally localized electron wave packets. We study the energy transfer from a strong infrared (IR) laser field to the ionized electrons as a function of the delay between the XUV and IR fields. When the wave packets are born at the zero crossings of the IR field, a significant amount of energy (∼20  eV) is transferred from the field to the electrons. This results in dramatically enhanced above-threshold ionization in conditions where the IR field alone does not induce any significant ionization. Because both the energy and duration of the wave packets can be varied independently of the IR... (More)
We use a train of sub-200 attosecond extreme ultraviolet (XUV) pulses with energies just above the ionization threshold in argon to create a train of temporally localized electron wave packets. We study the energy transfer from a strong infrared (IR) laser field to the ionized electrons as a function of the delay between the XUV and IR fields. When the wave packets are born at the zero crossings of the IR field, a significant amount of energy (∼20  eV) is transferred from the field to the electrons. This results in dramatically enhanced above-threshold ionization in conditions where the IR field alone does not induce any significant ionization. Because both the energy and duration of the wave packets can be varied independently of the IR laser, they are valuable tools for studying and controlling strong-field processes. (Less)
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Ultrafast Optics V (Springer Series in Optical Sciences)
volume
132
pages
15 - 24
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Springer
conference name
Joint Conference on Ultrafast Optics V and Applications of High Field and Short Wavelength Sources XI
conference location
Nara, Japan
conference dates
0001-01-02
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  • wos:000247070800002
  • scopus:77952180838
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0342-4111
ISBN
978-0-387-49117-2
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English
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  author       = {{Varju, Katalin and Johnsson, Per and Mauritsson, J. and Lopez-Martens, R. and Gustafsson, E. and Remetter, T. and L'Huillier, Anne}},
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