Hole burning and higher-order photon effects in attosecond light-atom interaction

Autor: P.L. Price, L. D. Noordam, H. B. van Linden van den Heuvell, Francis Robicheaux
Přispěvatelé: Quantum Gases & Quantum Information (WZI, IoP, FNWI)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Physical Review A, 89(3). American Physical Society
ISSN: 1050-2947
Popis: We have performed calculations of attosecond laser-atom interactions for laser intensities where interesting two- and three-photon effects become relevant. In particular, we examine the case of ``hole burning'' in the initial orbital. Hole burning is present when the laser-pulse duration is shorter than the classical radial period because the electron preferentially absorbs the photon near the nucleus. We also examine how the three-photon Raman process can lead to a time delay in the outgoing electron for the energy near one-photon absorption. For excitation out of the hydrogen $2s$ state, an intensity of $2.2\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}{10}^{16}$ W/cm${}^{2}$ leads to a 6-as delay of the outgoing electron. We argue that this delay is due to the hole burning in the initial state.
Databáze: OpenAIRE