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Strong-Field Photoionization by Few-Cycle Laser Pulses

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Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science

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Abstract

The electric field of few-cycle laser pulses can be precisely controlled by controlling their “absolute” phase. Intense phase-stabilized few-cycle laser pulses give rise to novel effects in strong-field and above-threshold ionization (ATI). The phase dependence of the photoelectron spectra is a sensitive probe of the dynamics of the strong-field ionization processes underlying attosecond laser physics. Conversely, the phase-dependence of ATI spectra can be used for the measurement of the absolute phase. This, a summary of the experimental status of phase-dependent strong-field ionization, and a description of unsolved problems are the main points of this contribution.

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    Gerhard G. Paulus

  2. Department of Physics Texas A&M University, College Station, 77843-4242, TX, USA

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  4. Department for Physics Engineering Physics and Optics & Center for Optics Photonics and Laser, Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, G1V 0A6, Canada

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Paulus, G.G. (2009). Strong-Field Photoionization by Few-Cycle Laser Pulses. In: Yamanouchi, K., Becker, A., Li, R., Chin, S.L. (eds) Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 91. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-69143-3_2

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