Manipulating polarization effect in nonsequential double ionization.

We report on a theoretical study of nonsequential double ionization (NSDI) of magnesium atoms by using combined linearly and circularly polarized fields. By employing a concise model including the dynamic ionic dipole potential, we show that the polarization effects can be controlled by tuning the subcycle waveform of the electric field of the two-color pulses. We demonstrate that the influence of the dipole potential on NSDI depends on the symmetry of two-color laser fields by tracing back the electron trajectories.

Attosecond Molecular Angular Streaking with All-Ionic Fragments Detection.

Attosecond angular streaking (or "attoclock") is an insightful technique for probing the ultrafast electron dynamics in strong laser fields. Up until recently, this technique relied solely on an accurate measurement of the photoelectron momentum distribution and has remained restricted to atomic targets. Here, we propose a novel attosecond angular streaking scheme applicable to molecules, for which the ionic fragments of dissociative ionization are detected in the polarization plane of a close-to-circular polarized laser light.