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Momentum scalar triple product as a measure of chirality in electron ionization dynamics of strongly-driven atoms

Katsoulis, GP; Dube, Z; Corkum, P; Staudte, A; Emmanouilidou, A; (2021) Momentum scalar triple product as a measure of chirality in electron ionization dynamics of strongly-driven atoms. arXiv.org: Ithaca (NY), USA. Green open access

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Abstract

We formulate a transparent measure that quantifies chirality in single electron ionization triggered in atoms, which are achiral systems. We do so in the context of Ar driven by a new type of optical fields that consists of two non-collinear laser beams giving rise to chirality that varies in space across the focus of the beams. Our computations account for realistic experimental conditions. To define this measure of chirality, we first find the sign of the electron final momentum scalar triple product $\mathrm{{\bf{p}}_{k}\cdot ({\bf{p}}_{i}\times {\bf p}_{j})}$ and multiply it with the probability for an electron to ionize with certain values for both $\mathrm{p_{k}}$ and $\mathrm{p_{i}p_{j}}$. Then, we integrate this product over all values of $\mathrm{p_{k}}$ and $\mathrm{p_{i}p_{j}}$. We show this to be a robust measure of chirality in electron ionization triggered by globally chiral electric fields.

Type: Working / discussion paper
Title: Momentum scalar triple product as a measure of chirality in electron ionization dynamics of strongly-driven atoms
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2112.02670
Language: English
Additional information: © The Authors 2022. Original content in this paper is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) Licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10159424
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