Unexpected breakdown of the simple man's model for strong-field photoionization in the high-energy recollision region

  • Wei Chu*
  • , Mingyan Wu
  • , Bin Zeng
  • , Jinping Yao
  • , Jielei Ni
  • , Hui Xiong
  • , Han Xu
  • , Zhiyang Lin
  • , Huipeng Kang
  • , Wei Quan
  • , J. Chen
  • , X. Liu
  • , Ya Cheng
  • , Zhizhan Xu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We present experimental and theoretical evidence on the breakdown of the simple man's model in the high-energy recollision region by examining both the energy-resolved angular distribution of photoelectrons in above-threshold ionization and the spectrum of high-order harmonics generated in elliptically polarized driver fields. With the help of a semiclassical model calculation, we show that, surprisingly, even for the high-energy recollision electrons, their wave-packet dynamics can be influenced strongly by the Coulomb field.

Original languageEnglish
Article number021403
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume85
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Feb 2012
Externally publishedYes

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