Transverse electron momentum distribution in tunneling and over the barrier ionization by laser pulses with varying ellipticity

Abstract

We study transverse electron momentum distribution (TEMD) in strong field atomic ionization driven by laser pulses with varying ellipticity. We show, both experimentally and theoretically, that the TEMD in the tunneling and over the barrier ionization regimes evolves in a qualitatively different way when the ellipticity parameter describing polarization state of the driving laser pulse increases.

5 pages, 6 figures

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• Evolution of the transverse photoelectron momentum distribution for atomic ionization driven by a laser pulse with varying ellipticity
• Carrier-Envelope-Phase Dependent Dissociation of Hydrogen

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