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General theory of carrier-envelope phase effects. / Roudnev, V.; Esry, B. D.
In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 99, No. 22, 220406, 29.11.2007.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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TY - JOUR
T1 - General theory of carrier-envelope phase effects
AU - Roudnev, V.
AU - Esry, B. D.
PY - 2007/11/29
Y1 - 2007/11/29
N2 - We present a general framework for understanding carrier-envelope phase (CEP) effects in a quantum system interacting with an intense, short laser pulse. We establish a simple connection between the CEP and the wave function that can be exploited to obtain the full CEP dependence of an observable given the wave function at a single CEP. Within this framework, all CEP effects are interpreted as interference between different photon amplitudes which, in turn, can be used to put limits on the pulse lengths and intensities required to see significant CEP effects.
AB - We present a general framework for understanding carrier-envelope phase (CEP) effects in a quantum system interacting with an intense, short laser pulse. We establish a simple connection between the CEP and the wave function that can be exploited to obtain the full CEP dependence of an observable given the wave function at a single CEP. Within this framework, all CEP effects are interpreted as interference between different photon amplitudes which, in turn, can be used to put limits on the pulse lengths and intensities required to see significant CEP effects.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.220406
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.220406
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:36649021133
VL - 99
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
SN - 0031-9007
IS - 22
M1 - 220406
ER -
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