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Chin. Phys. B, 2020, Vol. 29(1): 013205    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ab5c0f
Special Issue: TOPICAL REVIEW — Strong-field atomic and molecular physics
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Bohmian trajectory perspective on strong field atomic processes

Xuan-Yang Lai(赖炫扬), Xiao-Jun Liu(柳晓军)
State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Innovation Academy for Precision Measurement Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China
Abstract  The interaction of an atom with an intense laser field provides an important approach to explore the ultrafast electron dynamics and extract the information of the atomic and molecular structures with unprecedented attosecond temporal and angstrom spatial resolution. To well understand the strong field atomic processes, numerous theoretical methods have been developed, including solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation (TDSE), classical and semiclassical trajectory method, quantum S-matrix theory within the strong-field approximation, etc. Recently, an alternative and complementary quantum approach, called Bohmian trajectory theory, has been successfully used in the strong-field atomic physics and an exciting progress has been achieved in the study of strong-field phenomena. In this paper, we provide an overview of the Bohmian trajectory method and its perspective on two strong field atomic processes, i.e., atomic and molecular ionization and high-order harmonic generation, respectively.
Keywords:  Bohmian trajectory      strong-field ionization      high-order harmonic generation  
Received:  29 July 2019      Revised:  06 November 2019      Accepted manuscript online: 
PACS:  32.80.Rm (Multiphoton ionization and excitation to highly excited states)  
  42.50.Hz (Strong-field excitation of optical transitions in quantum systems; multiphoton processes; dynamic Stark shift)  
  32.80.Wr (Other multiphoton processes)  
Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11922413, 11834015, 11874392, 11804374, 11847243, and 11774387) and the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB21010400).
Corresponding Authors:  Xuan-Yang Lai     E-mail:  xylai@wipm.ac.cn

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Xuan-Yang Lai(赖炫扬), Xiao-Jun Liu(柳晓军) Bohmian trajectory perspective on strong field atomic processes 2020 Chin. Phys. B 29 013205

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