Department of Physics and Astronomy: Publications and Other Research
Date of this Version
February 1995
Abstract
Theoretical calculations of quantum interference effects occurring in photodetachement of H- with short-pulse lasers in the presence of a uniform static electric field [Q. Wang and A. F. Starace, Phys. Rev. A 48, R1741 (1993)] are examined in more detail and extended to the case of parallel static electric and magnetic fields. We show that modulation factors characterizing near-threshold cross sections resulting from detachment by relatively long laser pulses may be employed to set the parameters that are most effective for control of detachment cross-section magnitudes with short coherent laser pulses. Use of a static magnetic field to control detached electron wave-packet motion perpendicular to the static field axis is shown to increase greatly the magnitude of quantum interference effects on the cross sections (from 10% of the field-free cross section in an optimized static electric-field case to 50% in a parallel static electric and magnetic-field case). Theoretical dependence of calculated cross sections on laser pulse lengths, time delays, relative phases, frequencies, and classical electron orbit times are presented and discussed in detail.
Comments
Published by American Physical Society. Phys. Rev. A 51, 1260 (1995). http://pra.aps.org. Copyright © 1995 American Physical Society. Permission to use.