Nonequilibrium evolution of strong-field anisotropic ionized electrons towards a delayed plasma-state

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Nonequilibrium evolution of strong-field anisotropic ionized electrons towards a delayed plasma-state

B. Pasenow, J. V. Moloney, S. W. Koch, S. H. Chen, A. Becker, and A. Jaroń-Becker »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 3, pp. 2310-2318 (2012)
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Rigorous quantum calculations of the femtosecond ionization of hydrogen atoms in air lead to highly anisotropic electron and ion angular (momentum) distributions. A quantum Monte-Carlo analysis of the subsequent many-body dynamics reveals two distinct relaxation steps, first to a nearly isotropic hot nonequilibrium and then to a quasi-equilibrium configuration. The collective isotropic plasma state is reached on a picosecond timescale well after the ultrashort ionizing pulse has passed.

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(020.0020) Atomic and molecular physics : Atomic and molecular physics
(260.5210) Physical optics : Photoionization
(320.0320) Ultrafast optics : Ultrafast optics
(350.5400) Other areas of optics : Plasmas

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Original Manuscript: November 3, 2011
Revised Manuscript: December 20, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: December 23, 2011
Published: January 18, 2012

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B. Pasenow, J. V. Moloney, S. W. Koch, S. H. Chen, A. Becker, and A. Jaroń-Becker, "Nonequilibrium evolution of strong-field anisotropic ionized electrons towards a delayed plasma-state," Opt. Express 20, 2310-2318 (2012)
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Antonsen, T. M.
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Bauer, D.
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Lepine, F.
Lifshitz, E. M.
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Logman, P. S. W. M.
Lugli, P.
Mainfray, G.
Marchenko, T.
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Muller, H. G.
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Mysyrowicz, A.
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Persson, E.
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Prade, B.
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Rahman, N. K.
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Rudolph, W.
Schafer, K. J.
Schroter, C. D.
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Smirnova, O.
Smolkowska, A. S.
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Stagira, S.
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Tong, X. M.
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Villoresi, P.
Vrakking, M. J. J.
Vvedenskii, N. V.
Walther, H.
Wickenhauser, M.
Yoshida, S.
Zamith, S.
Zrost, K.

J. Phys. B

A. Rudenko, K. Zrost, C. D. Schroter, V. L. B. de Jesus, B. Feuerstein, R. Moshammer, and J. Ullrich, “Resonant structures in the low-energy electron continuum for single ionization of atoms in the tunnelling regime,” J. Phys. B37, L407–L413 (2004). [CrossRef]

Nat. Photonics

T. Popmintchev, M.-C. Chen, P. Arpin, M. M. Murnane, and H. C. Kapteyn, “The attosecond nonlinear optics of bright coherent X-ray generation,” Nat. Photonics4, 822–832 (2010). [CrossRef]

Nature

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Opt. Commun.

S. Tzortzakis, B. Prade, M. Franco, and A. Mysyrowicz, “Time-evolution of the plasma channel at the trail of a self-guided IR femtosecond laser pulse in air,” Opt. Commun.181, 123–127 (2000). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rep.

A. Couairon and A. Mysyrowicz, “Femtosecond filamentation in transparent media,” Phys. Rep.441, 47–189 (2007). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. A

M. Wickenhauser, X. M. Tong, D. G. Arbo, J. Burgdoerfer, and C. D. Lin, “Signatures of tunneling and multiphoton ionization in the electron-momentum distributions of atoms by intense few-cycle laser pulses,” Phys. Rev. A74, 041402 (2006). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. E

Z. Sun, J. Chen, and W. Rudolph, “Determination of the transient electron temperature in a femtosecond-laser-induced air plasma filament,” Phys. Rev. E83, 046408 (2011). [CrossRef]

Phys. Rev. Lett.

D. G. Arbo, S. Yoshida, E. Persson, K. I. Dimitriou, and J. Burgdorfer, “Interference oscillations in the angular distribution of laser-ionized electrons near ionization threshold,” Phys. Rev. Lett.96, 143003 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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PRL

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Science

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Other

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2009, Silaev, PRL
2007, Couairon, Phys. Rep.
2006, Arbo, Phys. Rev. Lett.
2006, Wickenhauser, Phys. Rev. A
2004, Rudenko, J. Phys. B
2001, Paulus, Nature
2000, Tzortzakis, Opt. Commun.
1985, Brunetti, Physica B
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[1] T. Popmintchev, M.-C. Chen, P. Arpin, M. M. Murnane, and H. C. Kapteyn, “The attosecond nonlinear optics of bright coherent X-ray generation,” Nat. Photonics4, 822–832 (2010). [CrossRef]

[2] A. Couairon and A. Mysyrowicz, “Femtosecond filamentation in transparent media,” Phys. Rep.441, 47–189 (2007). [CrossRef]

[3] Y. Huismans, A. Rouzee, A. Gijsbertsen, J. H. Jungmann, A. S. Smolkowska, P. S. W. M. Logman, F. Lepine, C. Cauchy, S. Zamith, T. Marchenko, J. M. Bakker, G. Berden, B. Redlich, A. F. G. van der Meer, H. G. Muller, W. Vermin, K. J. Schafer, M. Spanner, M. Y. Ivanov, O. Smirnova, D. Bauer, S. V. Popruzhenko, and M. J. J. Vrakking, “Time-resolved holography with photoelectrons,” Science331, 61–64 (2011). [CrossRef]

[4] D. G. Arbo, S. Yoshida, E. Persson, K. I. Dimitriou, and J. Burgdorfer, “Interference oscillations in the angular distribution of laser-ionized electrons near ionization threshold,” Phys. Rev. Lett.96, 143003 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[5] A. Rudenko, K. Zrost, C. D. Schroter, V. L. B. de Jesus, B. Feuerstein, R. Moshammer, and J. Ullrich, “Resonant structures in the low-energy electron continuum for single ionization of atoms in the tunnelling regime,” J. Phys. B37, L407–L413 (2004). [CrossRef]

[6] L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, Quantum Mechanics, 3rd ed. (Butterworth-Heinemann, 1981)

[7] Z. Sun, J. Chen, and W. Rudolph, “Determination of the transient electron temperature in a femtosecond-laser-induced air plasma filament,” Phys. Rev. E83, 046408 (2011). [CrossRef]

[8] S. Tzortzakis, B. Prade, M. Franco, and A. Mysyrowicz, “Time-evolution of the plasma channel at the trail of a self-guided IR femtosecond laser pulse in air,” Opt. Commun.181, 123–127 (2000). [CrossRef]

[9] Y. H. Chen, S. Varma, T. M. Antonsen, and H. M. Milchberg, “Direct measurement of the electron density of extended femtosecond laser pulse-induced filaments,” Phys. Rev. Lett.105, 215005 (2010). [CrossRef]

[10] P. Agostini, F. Fabre, G. Mainfray, G. Petite, and N. K. Rahman, “Free-free transitions following 6-photon ionization of xeon atoms,” Phys. Rev. Lett.42, 1127–1130 (1979). [CrossRef]

[11] M. Wickenhauser, X. M. Tong, D. G. Arbo, J. Burgdoerfer, and C. D. Lin, “Signatures of tunneling and multiphoton ionization in the electron-momentum distributions of atoms by intense few-cycle laser pulses,” Phys. Rev. A74, 041402 (2006). [CrossRef]

[12] G. G. Paulus, F. Grasbon, H. Walther, P. Villoresi, M. Nisoli, S. Stagira, E. Priori, and S. De Silvestri, “Absolute-phase phenomena in photoionization with few-cycle laser pulses,” Nature414, 182–184 (2001). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[13] A. A. Silaev and N. V. Vvedenskii, “Residual-current excitation in plasmas produced by few-cycle laser pulses,” PRL102, 115005 (2009). [CrossRef]

[14] see, e.g. H. Haug and S. W. Koch, Quantum Theory of the Optical and Electronic Properties of Semiconductors, 5th ed. (World Scientific Publ., 2009), Chap. 8.

[15] C. Jacoboni and P. Lugli, The Monte Carlo Method for Semiconductor Device Simulation (Springer-Verlag, 1989). [CrossRef]

[16] see, e.g., R. Brunetti, C. Jacoboni, A. Matulionis, and V. Dienys, “Effect of interparticle collisions on energy relaxation of carriers in semiconductors,” Physica B134, 369–373 (1985) for self-scattering method for el.-el. Coulomb scattering. [CrossRef]

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