Femtosecond laser pulse shaping for enhanced ionization

Details Femtosecond laser pulse shaping for enhanced ionization Femtosecond laser pulse shaping for enhanced ionization

2009-06-10

arxiv.org/abs/0906.1938v1

Physics

Computational Physics

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We demonstrate how the shape of femtosecond laser pulses can be tailored in order to obtain maximal ionization of atoms or molecules. For that purpose, we have overlayed a direct-optimization scheme on top of a fully unconstrained computation of the three-dimensional time-dependent Schrodinger equation. The procedure looks for pulses that maintain the same total length and integrated intensity or fluence as a given pulse that serves as an initial guess. It allows, however, for changes in frequencies -- within a certain, predefined range -- and overall shape, leading to enhanced ionization. We illustrate the scheme by calculating ionization yields for the H2+ molecule when irradiated with short (~5 fs), high-intensity laser pulses.

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