Nonadiabatic Effect on the Rescattering Trajectories of Electrons in Strong Laser Field Ionization Process

The important features of the rescattering trajectories in strong field ionization process such as the cutoff of the return energy at 3.17Up and that of the final energy at 10Up are obtained, based on the adiabatic approximation in which the initial momentum of the electron is assumed to be zero. We theoretically study the nonadiabatic effect by assuming a nonzero initial momentum on the rescattering trajectories based on the semiclassical simpleman model. We show that the nonzero initial momentum will modify both the maximal return energy at collision and the final energy after backward scattering, but in different ways for odd and even number of return trajectories. The energies are increased for even number of returns but are decreased for odd number of returns when the nonzero （positive or negative） initial momentum is applied.

Measurement of quantum defects of nS and nD states using field ionization spectroscopy in ultracold cesium atoms

This paper reports that ultracold atoms are populated into different nS and nD Rydberg states （n=25-52） by two-photon excitation. The ionization spectrum of an ultracold Rydberg atom is acquired in a cesium magneto-optical trap by using the method of pulse field ionization. This denotes nS and nD states in the ionization spectrum and fits the data of energy levels of different Rydberg states to obtain quantum defects of nS and nD states.

Field ionization process of Eu 4f^76snp Rydberg states

The field ionization process of the Eu 4f76snp Rydberg states, converging to the first ionization limit, 4f76s 954, is systematically investigated. The spectra of the Eu 4f76snp Rydberg states are populated with three-step laser excitation, and detected by electric field ionization （EFI） method. Two different kinds of the EFI pulses are applied after laser excitation to observe the possible impacts on the EFI process. The exact EFI ionization thresholds for the 4f76snp Rydberg states can be determined by observing the corresponding EFI spectra. In particular, some structures above the EFI threshold are found in the EFI spectra, which may be interpreted as the effect from black body radiation （BBR）. Finally, the scaling law of the EFI threshold for the Eu 4f76snp Rydberg states with the effective quantum number is built.

Ultra-Low Breakdown Voltage of Field Ionization in Atmospheric Air Based on Silicon Nanowires

Classic field ionization requires extremely high positive electric fields, of the order of a few million volts per centimeter. Here we show that field ionization can occur at dramatically lower fields on the electrode of silicon nanowires （SiNWs） with dense surface states and large field enhancement factor. A field ionization structure using SiNWs as the anode has been investigated, in which the SiNWs were fabricated by improved chemical etching process. At room temperature and atmospheric pressure, breakdown of the air is reproducible with a fixed anode-to-cathode distance of 0.5 μm. The breakdown voltage is -38 V, low enough to be achieved by a batterypowered unit. Two reasons can be given for the low breakdown voltage. First, the gas discharge departs from the Paschen＇s law and the breakdown voltage decreases sharply as the gap distance falls in μm range. The other reason is the large electric field enhancement factor （β） and the high density of surface defects, which cause a highly non-uniform electric field for field emission to occur.

Ultrafast dynamics of cationic electronic states of vinyl bromide by strong-field ionization-photofragmentation

Strong field ionization-photofragmentation(SFI-PF)with ultrafast pump–probe scheme is a powerful approach to study the dynamics of molecular cationic electronic states.Here we carry out a SFI-PF study on the cationic electronic states of vinyl bromide,C_(2)H_(3)Br.The yields of the parent C_(2)H_(3)Br_(+)and the formation of the fragment(Br^(+),C_(2)H^(+)2 and C_(2)H^(+)3)ions have been measured at different pump–probe delay time.Analysis provides experimental evidence of A^(2)A'–X^(2)A'' internal conversion of vinyl bromide cations which occurs in a time of about 220 fs,and the time of C_(2)H_(3)^(+) formation induced by the dissociation of the A^(2)A' state around 300 fs.The study would add our knowledge of the behavior of electronic excited states of complex molecular cations.

Ionizations and fragmentations of benzene, methylbenzene, and chlorobenzene in strong IR and UV laser fields

Ionizations and fragmentations of benzene, methylbenzene, and chlorobenzene are studied in linearly polarized 50-fs, 800-nm and 400-nm strong laser fields using a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. It is shown that at low laser intensity, the parent ions are dominant for any one of the molecules in an 800-nm strong laser field, while extensive fragmentation is observed in a 400-nm laser field, which can be understood by the resonant photon absorption of molecular cations. The ratio of the yield of the parent ion to the yield of the total ion for each molecule is measured as a function of laser intensity in a range from 1.0 × 1013 W/cm2 to 4.0 × 1014 W/cm2, in either the 800-nm or 400-nm laser field. The results show that the fragmentation of the aromatic molecules increases significantly as the laser intensity is increased. Possible mechanisms for fragmentation in strong laser fields are discussed. Finally, the saturation intensity of ionization of the titled molecules is also determined.

A Computerized System for the Measurement of Nanomaterial Field Emission and Ionization

We have developed a computerized system for measuring field electron emission （FE） and field ionization （FI）, which has a three-electrode configuration with emitters biased up to 25 kV, and is programmed by the Labview software. The current-voltage curves of nano-tip tungsten and carbon nanotube （CNT） arrays were measured. The electron emission of CNTs proceeded with a turn-on field of 1.24 V/μm and a threshold field of 1.85 V/μm. Compared to the field emission, field ionization turned on at 3.5 V/μm. Raman spectroscopy and scanning electron microscopy （SEM） measurements showed degradation of the CNTs after FE/FI testing. The measurement of a W-tip revealed strong electron emission and instability behavior at a field strength higher than 7.0 V/μm.

Enhanced ionization of vibrational hot carbon disulfide molecules in strong femtosecond laser fields

By using a heated molecular beam in combination with a time-of-flight mass spectrometer, we experimentally study the ionization of vibrational-hot carbon disulfide（CS2） molecules irradiated by a linearly polarized 800-nm 50-fs strong laser field. The ion yields are measured in a laser intensity range of 7.0 × 10^（12） W/cm^2–1.5 × 10^（14） W/cm^2 at different molecular temperatures of up to 1400 K. Enhanced ionization yield is observed for vibrationally excited CS2 molecules.The results show that the enhancement decreases as the laser intensity increases, and exhibits non-monotonical dependence on the molecular temperature. According to the calculated potential energy curves of the neutral and ionic electronic states of CS2, as well as the theoretical models of molecular strong-field ionization available in the literature, we discuss the mechanism of the enhanced ionization of vibrational-hot molecules. It is indicated that the enhanced ionization could be attributed to both the reduced ionization potential with vibrational excitation and the Frank–Condon factors between the neutral and ionic electronic states. Our study paves the way to understanding the effect of nuclear motion on the strongfield ionization of molecules, which would give a further insight into theoretical and experimental investigations on the interaction of polyatomic molecules with strong laser fields.

Ionization in an intense field considering Coulomb correction

We derive a simple ionization rate formula for the ground state of a hydrogen atom in the velocity gauge under the conditions：ω〈〈1 a.u.（a.u.is short for atomic unit） and γ〈〈1（ω is the laser frequency and y is the Keldysh parameter）.Comparisons are made among the different versions of the Keldysh-Faisal-Reiss（KFR） theory.The numerical study shows that with considering the quasi-classical（WKB） Coulomb correction in the final state of the ionized electron,the photoionization rate is enhanced compared with without considering the Coulomb correction,and the Reiss theory with the WKB Coulomb correction gives the correct result in the tunneling regime.Our concise formula of the ionization rate may provide an insight into the ionization mechanism for the ground state of a hydrogen atom.

Theoretical study on non-sequential double ionization of carbon disulfide with different bond lengths in linearly polarizedlaser fields

By using a two-dimensional Monte-Carlo classical ensemble method, we investigate the double ionization（DI） process of the CS_2 molecule with different bond lengths in an 800-nm intense laser field. The double ionization probability presents a ＂knee＂ structure with equilibrium internuclear distance R = 2.9245 a.u.（a.u. is short for atomic unit）. As the bond length of CS increases, the DI probability is enhanced and the ＂knee＂ structure becomes less obvious. In addition,the momentum distribution of double ionized electrons is also investigated, which shows the momentum mostly distributed in the first and third quadrants with equilibrium internuclear distance R = 2.9245 a.u. As the bond length of CS increases,the electron momentum becomes evenly distributed in the four quadrants. Furthermore, the energy distributions and the corresponding trajectories of the double-ionized electrons versus time are also demonstrated, which show that the bond length of CS in the CS_2 molecule plays a key role in the DI process.

Double Ionization Dynamics of Molecular Hydrogen in Ultrashort Intense Laser Fields

We experimentally investigate the double ionization pulses. The total kinetic energy release of the two of molecular hydrogen subjected to ultrashort intense laser coincident H＋ ions, which provides a diagnosis of different processes to double ionization of H2, is measured for two different pulse durations, i.e., 25 and 5 fs, and various laser intensities. It is found that, for the long pulse duration （i.e., 25 fs）, the double ionization occurs mainly via two processes, i.e., the charge resonance enhanced ionization and recollision-induced double ionization. Moreover, the contributions from these two processes can be significantly modulated by changing the laser intensity. In contrast, for a few-cycle pulse of 5 fs, only the recollsion-induced double ionization survives, and in particular, this process could be solely induced by the first-return reeollision at appropriate laser intensities, providing an efficient way to probe the sub-laser-cycle molecular dynamics.

Multiphoton Ionization of Potassium Atoms in Femtosecond Laser Fields

We study the multiphoton ionization of potassium atoms in 800 nm and 400 nm femtosecond laser fields.In the 800 nm laser field,the potassium atom absorbs three photons and emits one electron via one photon resonance with the 4p intermediate state with the help of the ac-Stark shift.The resonance feature is clearly shown as an Autler-Townes(AT) splitting and is mapped out in the electron kinetic energy spectrum.In a 400 nm laser field,although one photon resonance is possible with the 5p state,no splitting is observed.The different transition amplitudes between 4s-4p and 4s-5p explain the observed results.Due to the AT effect,an unexpected peak in the photoelectron energy spectrum that violates the dipole transition rule is observed.A preliminary explanation involving the spin-orbit interaction in the p state is given to account for this component.The observed ATsplitting in the electron kinetic energy distribution can be used as an effective method to calibrate the intensity of a laser field.

Charge Resonance Enhanced Multiple Ionization of H2O Molecules in Intense Laser Fields

We perform a kinetically complete measurement on the fragmentation of Coulomb explosion of 1-120 molecules in intense few-cycle linearly and circularly polarized laser fields. Both the fragmentations of 1t203＋ and H204＋ reveal the concerted pathway of dissociation. The length of the OH bond prior to the Coulomb explosion of both molecular ions is sensitive to the laser pulse duration and laser intensity. However, the bending angle of H-O-H is less sensitive to the pulse duration and laser intensity. We introduce the mechanism of charge resonance enhanced double ionization to elucidate the triple （or quadruple） dissociative ionization dynamics of H20, in which two electrons are non-adiabatically localized at the protons of the precursor ion H2O^＋ （or H2O^2＋） and are released simultaneously due to the over barrier ionization in the combined laser field and molecular ionic potential. Such charge resonance enhanced multiple ionization is not suppressed in few-cycle laser fields and elliptically polarized laser fields.

Role of XUV Photons in Atomic High-Order Above-Threshold Ionization Processes in IR+XUV Two-Color Laser Fields

We investigate the above-threshold ionization of an atom in a combined infrared （IR） and extreme ultraviolet （XUV） two-color laser field and focus on the role of XUV field in the high-order above-threshold ionization （HATI） process. It is demonstrated that, in stark contrast to previous studies, the XUV laser may play a significant role in atomic HATI process, and in particular, the XUV laser can accelerate the ionized electron in a quantized way during the collision between the electron and its parent ion. This process cannot be explained by the elassical three-step model Our results indicate that the previously well-established concept that HATI is an elastic recollision process is broken down.

Calculation of the Duration of the Atomic Tunneling Ionization in a Strong Electrostatic Field by Using Bohmian Trajectories Approach

The duration of a bound electron tunneling through the barrier formed by atomic potential and electrostatic field is calculated by the Bohmian trajectories scheme. The time of the tunneling ionization decreases with the increase of the amplitude of the electrostatic field. By using the information about the position, velocity and force of the Bohmian trajectories, the dynamical process of tunneling through the barrier is investigated.

Lifetimes of Rydberg states of Eu atoms

The radiative lifetimes of the Eu 4f76snp（8^PJ or10^PJ） Rydberg states with J = 5/2 and 11/2 are investigated with a combination of multi-step laser excitation and pulsed electric field ionization, from which their dependence on the effective principal quantum number is observed. The lifetimes of 21 states are reported along with an evaluation of their experimental uncertainty. The influence of blackbody radiation, due to the oven temperature, on the lifetime of the higher-n states is detected. The non-hydrogen behavior of the investigated states is also observed.

Channel-Resolved Ultrafast Dissociation Dynamics of NO2 Molecules Studied via Femtosecond Time-Resolved Ion Imaging

The ultrafast dissociation dynamics of NO2 molecules was investigated by femtosecond laser pump-probe mass spectra and ion images.The results show that the kinetic energy release of NO+ions has two components,0.05 eV and 0.25 eV,and the possible dissociation channels have been assigned.The channel resolved transient measurement of NO^+provides a method to disentangle the contribution of ultrafast dissociation pathways,and the transient curves of NO^+ions at different kinetic energy release are fitted by a biexponential function.The fast component with a decay time of 0.25 ps is generated from the evolution of Rydberg states.The slow component is generated from two competitive channels,one of the channel is absorbing one 400nm photon to the excited state A^2B2,which has a decay time of 30.0ps,and the other slow channel is absorbing three 400nm photons to valence type Rydberg states which have a decay time less than 7.2ps.The channel and time resolved experiment present the potential of sorting out the complex ultrafast dissociation dynamics of molecules.

交直流混合输电线路空间电场分析(英文)

As the transmission line corridors become more and more rare in China,it is now inevitable for people to construct HVAC-HVDC hybrid transmission lines.The research on the electric field around the transmission lines plays an important role in evaluating the electromagnetic environment nearby.However,few existing research now considered the mutual effect of HVAC-HVDC hybrid transmission lines.Thus,this research designed a program based on windows,which calculated the surface voltage gradient on the transmission lines and the electric field at ground level respectively.This research calculated the surface voltage gradient on the transmission lines by applying the improved method of successive images.For the electric field at ground level under AC transmission line,simulation charge method is used,while for the electric field at the ground level under DC transmission lines,deutsch assumption method is used.Comparing the results generated by the calculation with those in published literature,the program is reliable.Taking 500 kV transmission lines as an example,when considering the mutual effect of the HVAC-HVDC lines,the amplitude of the surface voltage gradient will increase by about 10%and the amplitude of the electric field at ground level will increase by about 8%,making the mutual effect of the AC and DC lines unneglectable. Larger part of the electric field at ground level under hybrid lines is produced by the DC line.Thus,in order to control the electric field at ground level under hybrid lines,it should pay more attention on that produced by the DC line.

Radiofrequency field enhanced chemical ionization with vacuum ultraviolet lamp for miniature time-of-flight mass spectrometer

It is difficult to rapidly and on-line detect trace volatile organic compounds for miniature massspectrometry due to its limited sampling volume at slow pumping speed. In this paper, we developed anew radiofrequency field enhanced chemical ionization source （RF-ECI） with vacuum ultraviolet （VUV）lamp by coupling radiofrequency electric field and direct-current field together. The experiment resultsshowed that the sensitivity of benzene, toluene, hydrogen sulfide and other compounds increased by 2-3orders of magnitude under the introduction of RF-ECI comparing to traditional single photon ionization（SPI）. At the same time, the reagent ion of O2＋ realized the charge transfer reaction chemical ionization,and the RF-ECI effectively expanded the detection range of the VUV lamp based SPI. The VUV lamp hasinherent advantages in the on-site analytical instrument for its small size and low power consumption,and the VUV lamp based RF-ECI miniature time-of-flight mass spectrometer （TOFMS） has a limit-of-detection for H2S as low as 0.0571 mg/m3, and it is expected to be used widely in the field of on-site rapidanalvsis.

Channel-resolved subcycle interferences of electron wave packets emitted from H_(2) in two-color laser fields

We report on the observation of subcycle interferences of electron wave packets released during strong field ionization of H_2 with cycle-shaped two-color laser fields. With a reaction microscope we measure three-dimensional momentum distributions of photoelectrons correlated with either H_2^+ or protons within different energy ranges generated by dissociation of H_2^+. We refer to these different types of photoelectrons as channels. Our results show that the subcycle interference structures of electron wave packets are very sensitive to the cycle shape of the two-color laser field. We explain this behavior by the dependence of the ionization time within an optical cycle on the shape of the laser field cycle. The subcycle interference structures can be further used to obtain insight into the subcycle dynamics of molecules during strong field interaction.