Theoretical study of controlling atomic molecular process in ultrafast time domain by infrared lasers

• Project/Area Number: 24540421
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Atomic/Molecular/Quantum electronics
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: TONG Xiao-Min 筑波大学, 数理物質系, 准教授 (80422210)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
• Budget Amount: ¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,990,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥690,000)
• Keywords: 原子分子 / 強レーザー / 超高速 / 制御 / 制御方法 / 原子・分子 / 電離過程 / 中赤外線 / スーパーコンピューター / アト秒軟X線 / GPU / MIC / アト秒軟Ｘ線 / 高次高調波 / ＧＰＵ化

Outline of Final Research Achievements

(1) Based on our theoretical simulations, we have discovered the mechanism of the atomic ionization process in the strong laser field, by decomposing the contributions of half-cycle ionization and the interference of multi-cycle. (2) Based on the results of (1), we investigated the control mechanism of atomic, molecular photo-absorption process by intense laser. (3) Based on real space, real time density functional theory simulation, we discovered the mechanism of how an insulator can become a conductor in the femtosecond time domain by strong field.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Attosecond Quantum-Beat Spectroscopy in Helium (2016)
  • Author(s): N Shivaram, XM Tong, H Timmers and A Sandhu
  • Journal Title: J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Volume: 49 Issue: 5 Pages: 055601-055601
  • DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/49/5/055601
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Coherent control of D2/H2 dissociative ionization by a mid-infrared two-color laser field (2016)
  • Author(s): V Wanie, H Ibrahim,S Beaulieu, N Thire, B Schmidt, DY Peng, AS Alnaser, I Litvinyuk, XM Tong, F Legare
  • Journal Title: J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Volume: 49 Issue: 2 Pages: 025601-025601
  • DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/49/2/025601
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Intensity dependence of the dissociative ionization of DCl in few-cycle laser fields (2016)
  • Author(s): H Li, XM Tong, N Schirmel, G Urbasch, KJ Betsch, S. Zherebtsov, F Sussmann, A Kessel, SA Trushin, GG Paulus, KM Weitzel, MF Kling
  • Journal Title: J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Volume: 49 Issue: 1 Pages: 015601-015601
  • DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/49/1/015601
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Attosecond Coherent Control of Single and Double Photoionization in Argon (2015)
  • Author(s): CW Hogle, XM Tong, L Martin, MM Murnane, HC Kapteyn, P Ranitovic
  • Journal Title: Physical Review Letters Volume: 115 Issue: 17
  • DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.115.173004
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Protocol for observing molecular dipole excitations by attosecond self-streaking (2015)
  • Author(s): G. Wachter, S. Nagele, S.A. Sato, R. Pazourek, M. Wais, C. Lemell, X.-M. Tong, K. Yabana, J. Burgdoerfer
  • Journal Title: Physical Review A Volume: 92 Issue: 6 Pages: 061403-061403
  • DOI: 10.1103/physreva.92.061403
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Application of norm-conserving pseudopotentials to intense laser-matter interactions (2015)
  • Author(s): X.-M. Tong, G. Wachter, S.A. Sato, C. Lemell, K. Yabana, J. Burgdoerfer
  • Journal Title: Physical Review A Volume: 92 Issue: 4 Pages: 043422-043422
  • DOI: 10.1103/physreva.92.043422
  • NAID: 120007135689
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] Mechanism of dominance of the Breit interaction in dielectronic recombination (2015)
  • Author(s): XM Tong, ZM Hu, YM Li, XY Han, D Kato, H Watanabe and N Nakamura
  • Journal Title: J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Volume: 48 Issue: 14 Pages: 144002-144002
  • DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/48/14/144002
  • NAID: 120007136335
  • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] `Strong-field ionization with two-color circularly polarized laser fields (2015)
  • Author(s): C Mancuso, DD Hickstein, P Grychtol, R Knut, O Kfir, XM Tong, F Dollar, D Zusin, M Gopalakrishnan, C Gentry, E Turgut, JL Ellis, MC Chen, A Fleischer, O Cohen, HC Kapteyn, and MM Murnane
  • Journal Title: Physical Review A -- Rapid Communications Volume: 91 Issue: 3
  • DOI: 10.1103/physreva.91.031402
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Formation of very-low-energy states crossing the ionization threshold of argon atoms in strong mid-infrared fields (2014)
  • Author(s): B Wolter,C Lemell, M Baudisch, MG Pullen, XM Tong, M Hemmer, A Senftleben, CD Schroter, J Ullrich, R Moshammer, J Biegert, and J Burgdorfer
  • Journal Title: Physical Review A Volume: 90 Issue: 6
  • DOI: 10.1103/physreva.90.063424
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Atomic-number dependence of the magnetic-sublevel population in the autoionization state formed in dielectronic recombination (2014)
  • Author(s): ZM Hu, YM Li, XY Han, D Kato, XM Tong, H Watanabe and N Nakamura
  • Journal Title: Physical Review A Volume: 90 Issue: 6
  • DOI: 10.1103/physreva.90.062702
  • NAID: 120007136504
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Rydberg states in the strong field ionization of hydrogen by 800, 1200 (2014)
  • Author(s): Q. Li, X.-M. Tong, T. Morishita, C. Jin, H. Wei and C. D. Lin
  • Journal Title: Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Volume: 47 Issue: 20 Pages: 204019-204019
  • DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/47/20/204019
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Ab-initio simulation of electrical currents induced by ultrafast laser excitation of dielectric materials (2014)
  • Author(s): Georg Wachter, Christoph Lemell, Joachim Burgdorfer, Shunsuke A. Sato, Xiao-Min Tong, Kazuhiro Yabana
  • Journal Title: Physical Review Letters Volume: 113 Issue: 8 Pages: 087401-087401
  • DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.113.087401
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Intensity dependence of the attosecond control of the dissociative ionization of D2 (2014)
  • Author(s): H Li, AS Alnaser, XM Tong, KJ Betsch, M Kubel, T Pischke, B Forg, J Schotz, F Sumann, S Zherebtsov, A Kessel, S Trushin, A Azzeer, and MF Kling
  • Journal Title: Journal of Physics B Volume: 47 Issue: 12 Pages: 124020-124020
  • DOI: 10.1088/0953-4075/47/12/124020
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Interference of electron wave packets in atomic ionization by subcycle sculpted laser pulses (2014)
  • Author(s): DA Arbo, S Nagele, XM Tong, XH Xie and M Kitzler, J Burgdorfer,
  • Journal Title: Physical Review A Volume: 89 Issue: 4
  • DOI: 10.1103/physreva.89.043414
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Fine structures in the intensity dependence of excitation and ionization probabilities of hydrogen atoms in intense 800-nm laser pulses (2014)
  • Author(s): Q. Li, X.-M. Tong, T. Morishita, H. Wei, and C. D. Lin
  • Journal Title: Phys. Rev. A Volume: 89 Issue: 2
  • DOI: 10.1103/physreva.89.023421
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Attosecond vacuum UV Coherent Control of Molecular Dynamics (2014)
  • Author(s): P. Ranitovic, C. W. Hogle, P. Riviere, A Palacios, X. M. Tong, N. Toshima, A. Gonzalez-Castrillo, L. Martin, F. Martin, M. M. Murnane, and H. C. Kapteyn,
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Volume: 111 Issue: 3 Pages: 912-917
  • DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1321999111
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Enhanced multiple-scattering and intra-half-cycle interferences in the photoelectron angular distributions of atoms ionized in midinfrared laser (2013)
  • Author(s): X. M. Tong, P. Ranitovic, D. D. Hickstein, M. M. Murnane, H. C. Kapteyn, and N. Toshima
  • Journal Title: Physical Review A Volume: 88 Issue: 1
  • DOI: 10.1103/physreva.88.013410
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Subcycle laser control and quantum interferences in attosecond photoabsorption of neon (2013)
  • Author(s): X. W. Wang, M. Chini, Y. Cheng, Y. Wu, X. M. Tong, and Z. H. Chang
  • Journal Title: Physical Review A Volume: 87 Issue: 6
  • DOI: 10.1103/physreva.87.063413
  • NAID: 120007136888
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Measurement of laser intensities approaching 10^15 W/cm2 with an accuracy of 1%, (2013)
  • Author(s): M. G. Pullen, W. C. Wallace, D. E. Laban A. J. Palmer, G. F. Hanne, A. N. Grum-Grzhimailo, K. Bartschat, I. Ivanov, A. Kheifets D. Wells, H. M. Quiney, X. M. Tong, I. V. Litvinyuk, R. T. Sang, D. Kielpinski
  • Journal Title: Physical Review A Volume: 87 Issue: 5
  • DOI: 10.1103/physreva.87.053411
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Classical-quantum correspondence in atomic ionization by midinfrared pulses: Multiple peak and interference structures (2013)
  • Author(s): C. Lemmel, J. Burgdorfer,…, X.M. Tong
  • Journal Title: Physical Review A Volume: 87 Issue: 1
  • DOI: 10.1103/physreva.87.013421
  • NAID: 120007137079
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Anomalous alignment dependence of the third-order harmonic of H2+ions in intense laser fields (2012)
  • Author(s): Y.J.Jin, X.M.Tong, and N. Toshima
  • Journal Title: Physical Review A Volume: 86 Issue: 5
  • DOI: 10.1103/physreva.86.053418
  • NAID: 120007137144
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Directvisualization of laser-driven electronmultiple-scattering and tunneling distance in strong-field ionization (2012)
  • Author(s): D.D.Hickstein,…,X.M.Tong,..,N.Toshima,…H.C.Kapteyn
  • Journal Title: Physical Review Letters Volume: 109 Issue: 7
  • DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.109.073004
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Measurement of the absolute timing of attosecond XUV bursts with respect to the driving field (2012)
  • Author(s): N.Shivaram, H.Timmers, X.M.Tong, and A.Sandhu
  • Journal Title: Physical Review A Volume: 85 Issue: 5
  • DOI: 10.1103/physreva.85.051802
  • NAID: 120007130605
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Attosecond-Resolved Evolution of a Laser-Dressed Helium Atom: Interfering ExcitationPaths and Quantum Phases (2012)
  • Author(s): N.Shivaram, H.Timmers, X.M.Tong, and A.Sandhu
  • Journal Title: Physical Review Letters Volume: 108 Issue: 19
  • DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.193002
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Steering the electron motion by two counter-rotating circularly polarized short intense laser pulses (2015)
  • Author(s): XM Tong and N Toshima
  • Organizer: XXIX International Conference on Photonic, Electronic, and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC2015)
  • Place of Presentation: Congress Centre- EI Greco, Toledo, Spain
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-22
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Origins of Very-Low and Zero-Energy Electron Structures in Strong-Field Ionization with Intense Mid-IR Pulses (2015)
  • Author(s): B Wolter, C Lemell, M Baudisch, MG Pullen, XM Tong, M Hemmer, A Senftleben, M Sclafani, CD Schroter, J Ullrich, R Moshammer, J Burgdorfer, J Biegert,
  • Organizer: XXIX International Conference on Photonic, Electronic, and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC2015)
  • Place of Presentation: Congress Centre- EI Greco, Toledo, Spain
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-22
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Mapping ultrafast dynamics of highly excited D2+ by ultrashort XUV pump - IR probe radiation (2015)
  • Author(s): R Bello, LS Martin, CW Hogle, A Palacios, JL Sanz-Vicario, XM Tong, F Martin, M Murnane, HC Kapteyn, P Ranitovic
  • Organizer: XXIX International Conference on Photonic, Electronic, and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC2015)
  • Place of Presentation: Congress Centre- EI Greco, Toledo, Spain
  • Year and Date: 2015-07-22
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Presentation] Quantum beats in attosecond time-resolved autoionization ofnkrypton (2015)
  • Author(s): Y Cheng, M Chini, XM Tong, A Chew, J Biedermann, Y Wu, E Cunningham ZH Chang
  • Organizer: APS Division of Atomic and Molecular Physics Meeting 2015
  • Place of Presentation: Hyatt Regency, Columbus, OH, USA
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-08
• [Presentation] Control of Attosecond Electron Diffraction by Elliptical Long-Wavelength Radiation (2015)
  • Author(s): P Ranitovic, XM Tong, D Hickstein, MM Margaret, H Kapteyn
  • Organizer: APS Division of Atomic and Molecular Physics Meeting 2015
  • Place of Presentation: Hyatt Regency, Columbus, OH, USA
  • Year and Date: 2015-06-08
• [Presentation] Mechanisms on the Photoelectron Angular Distributions of Atoms Ionized in Mid-Infrared Laser Fields (2013)
  • Author(s): X. M. Tong, P. Ranitovic, D.D. Hickstein, et. al.,
  • Organizer: 28th International Conference on Photonic and Atomic Collisions
  • Place of Presentation: Lanzhou, China
• [Presentation] Attosecond VUV Coherent Control of Molecular Dynamics (2013)
  • Author(s): P. Ranitovic, C. W. Hogle, P. Riviere, et.al.,
  • Organizer: 28th International Conference on Photonic and Atomic Collisions
  • Place of Presentation: Lanzhou, China