中国物理B ›› 2015, Vol. 24 ›› Issue (4): 43203-043203.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/24/4/043203

• ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS • 上一篇    下一篇

THz wave emission from argon in two-color laser field

杜玲玲a, 赵松峰a, 周效信a, 赵增秀b   

  1. a College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China;
    b Department of Physics, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • 收稿日期:2014-08-20 修回日期:2014-11-30 出版日期:2015-04-05 发布日期:2015-04-05
  • 基金资助:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11465016, 11374366, and 11164025).

THz wave emission from argon in two-color laser field

Du Ling-Ling (杜玲玲)a, Zhao Song-Feng (赵松峰)a, Zhou Xiao-Xin (周效信)a, Zhao Zeng-Xiu (赵增秀)b   

  1. a College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China;
    b Department of Physics, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha 410073, China
  • Received:2014-08-20 Revised:2014-11-30 Online:2015-04-05 Published:2015-04-05
  • Contact: Zhou Xiao-Xin, Zhao Zeng-Xiu E-mail:zhouxx@nwnu.edu.cn;zhao.zengxiu@gmail.com
  • Supported by:

    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11465016, 11374366, and 11164025).

摘要:

Terahertz (THz) wave emission from argon atom in a two-color laser pulses is studied numerically by solving the one-dimensional (1D) time-dependent Schrödinger equation. The THz spectra we obtained include both discontinuous and continuum ones. By using the special basis functions that we previously proposed, our analysis points out that the discontinuous and continuum parts are contributed by bound-bound and continuum-continuum transition of atomic energy levels. Although the atomic wave function is strongly dressed during the interaction with laser fields, our identification for the discontinuous part of the THz wave shows that the transition between highly excited bound states can still be well described by the field-free basis function in the tunneling ionization regime.

关键词: THz wave, two-color laser, discontinuous and continuum spectra

Abstract:

Terahertz (THz) wave emission from argon atom in a two-color laser pulses is studied numerically by solving the one-dimensional (1D) time-dependent Schrödinger equation. The THz spectra we obtained include both discontinuous and continuum ones. By using the special basis functions that we previously proposed, our analysis points out that the discontinuous and continuum parts are contributed by bound-bound and continuum-continuum transition of atomic energy levels. Although the atomic wave function is strongly dressed during the interaction with laser fields, our identification for the discontinuous part of the THz wave shows that the transition between highly excited bound states can still be well described by the field-free basis function in the tunneling ionization regime.

Key words: THz wave, two-color laser, discontinuous and continuum spectra

中图分类号:  (Multiphoton ionization and excitation to highly excited states)

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