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Front. Phys.    2016, Vol. 11 Issue (1) : 113201    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-015-0523-8
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Controlling continuum wavepacket interference by two-color laser field in over-the-barrier ionization regime
Sheng-Peng Zhou,Yu-Jun Yang,Da-Jun Ding()
Institute of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
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Abstract

Continuum wavepacket interference is investigated by numerically solving the time-dependent Schröodinger equation for the interaction of hydrogen atoms with laser fields. The obtained wavepacket evolution indicates that, in the over-the-barrier ionization regime (1016 W/cm2), the continuum–continuum (CC) interference of ionizing electrons becomes the main process in highorder harmonics generation (HHG), compared with continuum-bound (CB) transition, as reported by Kohler et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 105(20), 203902 (2010)].We propose a two-color laser field scheme for controlling the quantum trajectories of ionizing electrons and for extending the CC harmonic energy. As a result, a high energy platform occurs in the HHG spectrum, which entirely originates from the CC harmonics, with a cutoff adjustable by the relative phase of the two-color fields. This provides further understanding of the dynamic feature of atoms and molecules in super intense laser fields and provides an opportunity to image the atomic or molecular potential.

Keywords continuum–continuum interference      high-order harmonic generation      over-the-barrier ionization     
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Corresponding Author(s): Da-Jun Ding   
Online First Date: 25 November 2015    Issue Date: 01 February 2016
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Sheng-Peng Zhou,Yu-Jun Yang,Da-Jun Ding. Controlling continuum wavepacket interference by two-color laser field in over-the-barrier ionization regime[J]. Front. Phys. , 2016, 11(1): 113201.
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