Transverse electron momentum distribution in tunneling and over the barrier ionization by laser pulses with varying ellipticity

I. A. Ivanov*, A. S. Kheifets, J. E. Calvert, S. Goodall, X. Wang, Han Xu, A. J. Palmer, D. Kielpinski, I. V. Litvinyuk, R. T. Sang

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    Abstract

    We study transverse electron momentum distribution in strong field atomic ionization driven by laser pulses with varying ellipticity. We show, both experimentally and theoretically, that the transverse electron momentum distribution in the tunneling and over the barrier ionization regimes evolves in a qualitatively different way when the ellipticity parameter describing polarization state of the driving laser pulse increases.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number19002
    JournalScientific Reports
    Volume6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 7 Jan 2016

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