The ellipticity dependence of Rydberg state excitation of noble gas atoms subject to strong laser fields

• Published in: Frontiers in physics Vol. 11
• Main Authors: Wang, Zhiqiang, Quan, Wei, Hao, Xiaolei, Chen, Jing, Liu, Xiaojun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A 21.03.2023
• Subjects: electron tunneling; elliptically polarized laser field; nonadiabatic effect; rydberg state excitation; ultrafast ionization
• ISSN: 2296-424X; 2296-424X
• DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2023.1120654

In this work, we theoretically investigate the ellipticity dependence of the Rydberg state excitation (RSE) and ionization of noble gas atoms subject to strong laser fields at a series of intensities and wavelengthes by a semiclassical model, where the nonadiabtic effect is considered or ignored. Ou...