Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Publication Title

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volume

85

Issue

4

First Page

41404-1

Last Page

41404-4

Abstract

In the ionization process, longitudinal momentum along the direction of propagation is transferred to the photoelectrons due to the action of the magnetic component of Lorentz force. In a recent experiment by Smeenk, such a transfer is observed in the ionization of argon and neon atoms by circularly polarized light at 800 and 1400 nm in the intensity range of 1014-1015W/cm2. They accounted for the results by a purely classical model. We present a fully quantum-mechanical calculation of the transfer of longitudinal momentum to the photoelectrons. The results are in agreement with the observations of Smeenk at high intensities, but clear evidence for additional Coulomb interactions emerges at low intensities. © 2012 American Physical Society.

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevA.85.041404

Comments

copyright American Physical Society http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.85.041404

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