Meng Li, Guizhong Zhang, Tianqi Zhao, Xin Ding, Jian Yao, "Characterizing carrier envelope phase of an isolated attosecond pulse with annular photoionization momentum spectra," Chin. Opt. Lett. 15, 110201 (2017)

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Fig. 1. (Color online) (a) Schematic illustration of the overlapping of an IAP (red line) with an IR pulse: time instants t 1 and t 2 determine the IAP, while t 3 and t 4 determine the IR pulse. (b) A typical electric field pattern of the overlapped IAP and the IR pulse, for which three categories of circles are defined: the inner circle, the intermediate circles, and the outer circle. I IR = 2 × 10 14 W / cm 2 , I IAP = 8 × 10 11 W / cm 2 .

Fig. 2. (Color online) Electric field patterns of the superimposed IAP and IR pulse in the laser polarization plane for different overlapping parameters. The red curves indicate the superimposed segments. I IR = 2 × 10 14 W / cm 2 , I IAP = 2 × 10 11 W / cm 2 , and θ = θ IR = 0 .

Fig. 3. (Color online) Photoelectron momentum spectra for different overlapping parameters. I IR = 2 × 10 14 W / cm 2 , I IAP = 2 × 10 11 W / cm 2 , θ = θ IR = 0 .

Fig. 4. (Color online) Photoelectron momentum spectra for different initial phases of the IAP: (a) θ = 0 , (b) θ = π / 4 , (c) θ = π / 2 , (d) θ = 3 π / 4 , (e) θ = π , (f) θ = 5 π / 4 , (g) θ = 3 π / 2 , (h) θ = 7 π / 4 , and (i) θ = 2 π . The overlapping parameter η is set to be 0.8. I IR = 2 × 10 14 W / cm 2 , I IAP = 2 × 10 11 W / cm 2 , and θ IR = 0 .

Fig. 5. (a) Rotation angle of the annular photoelectron momentum spectra versus the IAP CEP. (b) Schematic of the rotation angle of the annular photoelectron momentum spectra. The overlapping parameter η is 0.8. I IR = 2 × 10 14 W / cm 2 , I IAP = 2 × 10 11 W / cm 2 , and θ IR = 0 .

Fig. 6. Photoelectron momentum spectra with (a) θ IR = 0 , (b) θ IR = π / 4 , (c) θ IR = π / 2 , (d) θ IR = 3 π / 4 , (e) θ IR = π , (f) θ IR = 5 π / 4 , (g) θ IR = 3 π / 2 , (h) θ IR = 7 π / 4 , and (i) θ IR = 2 π . I IR = 2 × 10 14 W / cm 2 , I IAP = 2 × 10 11 W / cm 2 , η = 0.8 , and θ = 0 .

Fig. 7. Photoelectron momentum spectra with (a) θ = 1.2 π and (b) θ = 0.2 π . η = 0 and θ IR = 0 . I IR = 2 × 10 14 W / cm 2 , and I IAP = 2 × 10 11 W / cm 2 .

Fig. 8. Photoelectron momentum spectra for different overlapping parameters. (a) η = 0.92 , (b) η = 0.88 , (c) η = 0.84 , (d) η = 0.8 , (e) η = 0.76 , and (f) η = 0.72 . I IR = 2 × 10 14 W / cm 2 , I IAP = 2 × 10 11 W / cm 2 , and θ = θ IR = 0 .

Fig. 9. Photoelectron momentum spectra for different initial phases of the IR pulse. (a) θ = 0 , (b) θ = π / 4 , (c) θ = π / 2 , (d) θ = 3 π / 4 , (e) θ = π , (f) θ = 5 π / 4 , (g) θ = 3 π / 2 , (h) θ = 7 π / 4 , and (i) θ = 2 π . η = 0.72 , I IR = 2 × 10 14 W / cm 2 , I IAP = 2 × 10 11 W / cm 2 , and θ IR = 0 .

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