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.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=36649021133&partnerID=8YFLogxK

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 -