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Phase-dependent above-barrier ionization of excited-state electrons
Weifeng Yang1, Xiaohong Song, Zhangjin Chen
1Department of Physics, College of Science, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, China.
Abstract:
The carrier-envelope phase (CEP)-dependent above-barrier ionization (ABI) has been investigated in order to probe the bound-state electron dynamics. It is found that when the system is initially prepared in the excited state, the ionization yield asymmetry between left and right sides can occur both in low-energy and high-energy parts of the photoelectron spectra. Moreover, in electron momentum map, a new interference effect along the direction perpendicular to the laser polarization is found. We show that this interference is related to the competition among different excited states. The interference effect is dependent on CEPs of few-cycle probe pulses, which can be used to trace the superposition information and control the electron wave packet of low excited states.
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