Electron angular distributions in near-threshold atomic ionization
Résumé
We present angle- and energy-resolved measurements of photoelectrons produced in strongfield ionisation of Xe using a tunable femtosecond laser. An occurrence of highly oscillatory patterns in the angular distribution at low photoelectron kinetic energy is observed that correlates with channel closing/opening over a wide range of laser parameters. The correlation is investigated both experimentally and by means of systematic analysis of numerical solutions of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation (TDSE). Our experimental and numerical results are in quantitative agreement with the semi-classical model introduced by Arbó et al. (Phys. Rev. A 78, 013406 (2008)), which relates the oscillatory patterns to interference between photoelectrons produced during different cycles of the laser pulse in the course of non-resonant ionisation of the atom. We observe that an increase of the laser intensity eventually leads to qualitative invariance of the pattern, defining a limit on the applicability of the semi-classical model.
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Optique [physics.optics]
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