2012 back to top

On the Wavelength Dependence of the Suppressed Ionization of Molecules in Strong Laser Fields
J. Dura, A. Grün, P. Bates, S. Teichmann, T. Ergler, A. Senftleben, T. Pflüger, C. Schröter, R. Moshammer, J. Ullrich, A. Jaron-Becker, A. Becker and J. Biegert
The Journal of Physical Chemistry 116, 2662-2668 (2012) ▶ PDF

Molecular dynamics in strong laser fields
A. Jaron-Becker
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 18, 105-112 (2012) ▶ PDF

Nonequilibrium evolution of strong-field anisotropic ionized electrons towards a delayed plasma-state
B. Pasenow, J.V. Moloney, S.W. Koch, S.H. Chen, A. Becker, and A. Jaron-Becker
Optics Express 20, 2310-2318 (2012) ▶ PDF

2011 back to top

Temporal analysis of nonresonant two-photon coherent control involving bound and dissociative molecular states
J. Su, S. Chen, A. Jaron-Becker and A. Becker
Physical Review A 84, 065402 (2011) ▶ PDF

Attosecond probing of instantaneous AC Stark shifts in helium atoms
F. He, C. Ruiz, A. Becker and U. Thumm
Journal of Physics B 44, 211001 (2011) ▶ PDF

Strong field electron emission from fixed in space H₂⁺
M. Odenweller, N. Takemoto, A. Vredenborg, K. Cole, K. Pahl, J. Titze, L.Ph.H. Schmidt, T. Jahnke, R.Dörner and A. Becker
Physical Review Letters 107, 143004 (2011) ▶ PDF

Monitoring atomic cluster expansion by high-harmonic generation
V. Strelkov, U. Saalmann, A. Becker and J.M. Rost
Physical Review Letters 107, 113901 (2011) ▶ PDF

Selection rules in few-photon double ionization of helium atom
H. Ni, S.H. Chen, C. Ruiz, and A. Becker
Journal of Physics B 44, 175601 (2011) ▶ PDF

Time-resolved view on charge-resonance-enhanced ionization
N. Takemoto and A. Becker
Physical Review A 84, 023401 (2011) ▶ PDF

Visualization and interpretation of attosecond electron dynamics in laser-driven hydrogen molecular ion using Bohmian trajectories
N. Takemoto and A. Becker
The Journal of Chemical Physics 134, 074309 (2011)

Coherent control of the vibrational state population in a nonpolar molecule
A. Picon, J. Biegert, A. Jaron-Becker, and A. Becker
Physical Review A 83, 023412 (2011) ▶ PDF

Two-center interferences in photoionization of dissociating H₂⁺ molecule
A. Picon, A. Bahabad, H.C. Kapteyn, M.M. Murnane, and A. Becker
Physical Review A 83, 013414 (2011) ▶ PDF

2010 back to top

Visualizing electron rearrangement in space and time during the transition from a molecule to atoms
W. Li, A. Jaron-Becker, C.W. Hogle, V. Sharma, X. Zhou, A. Becker, H.C. Kapteyn, and M.M. Murnane
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 107, 20219 (2010) ▶ PDF

Multiple ionization bursts in laser-driven hydrogen molecular ion
N. Takemoto and A. Becker
Physical Review Letters 105, 203004 (2010) ▶ PDF

Double ionization of helium by intense near-infrared and VUV laser pulses
S. Chen, C. Ruiz, and A. Becker
Physical Review A 82, 033426 (2010) ▶ PDF

Intensity clamping measurements of laser filaments at 400 nm and 800 nm
J.-F. Daigle, A. Jaron-Becker, S. Hosseini, T.-J. Wang, Y. Kamali, G. Roy, A. Becker, and S.L. Chin
Physical Review A 82, 023405 (2010) ▶ PDF

Time-dependent analysis of few-photon coherent control schemes
S. Chen, A. Jaron-Becker, and A. Becker
Physical Review A 82, 013414 (2010) ▶ PDF

Control of electron localization in deuterium molecular ions using an attosecond pulse train and a many-cycle infrared pulse
K.P. Singh, F. He, P. Ranitovic, W. Cao, S. De, D. Ray, S. Chen, U. Thumm, A. Becker, M. Murnane, H.C. Kapteyn, I.V. Litvinyuk, and C.L. Cocke
Physical Review Letters 104, 023001 (2010) ▶ PDF

2009 back to top

Suppressed molecular ionization due to interference effects
A. Jaron-Becker and A. Becker
Laser Physics 19, 1705 (2009) ▶ PDF

Filamentation remote sensing of chemical and biological agents/pollutants using only one femtosecond laser source
S.L. Chin, H.L. Xu, Q. Luo, F. Theberge, W. Liu, J.F. Daigle, Y. Kamali, P.T. SImard, J. Bernhardt, S.A. Hosseini, M. Sharifi, G. Mejean, A. Azarm, C. Marceau, O. Kosareva, V.P. Kandidov, N. Aközbek, A. Becker, G. Rou, P. Mathieu, J.R. Simard, M. Chateauneuf, and J. Dubois
Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 95, 1 (2009) ▶ PDF

Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science IV
K. Yamanouchi, A. Becker, R. Li and S.L. Chin (Eds.)
Springer Series in Chemical Physics, Vol. 91 (2009)

2008 back to top

High-order harmonic generation in fullerenes with icosahedral symmetry
M.F. Ciappina, A. Becker and A. Jaron-Becker
Physical Review A 78, 063405 (2008) ▶ PDF

Strong-field modulated diffraction effects in the correlated electron-nuclear motion in dissociating H₂⁺
F. He, A. Becker and U. Thumm
Physical Review Letters 101, 213002 (2008) ▶ PDF

Nonsequential double ionization of the hydrogen molecule: Dependence on molecular alignment
S. Baier, A. Becker and L. Plaja
Physical Review A 78, 013409 (2008) ▶ PDF

Coherent control of electron wave packets in dissociating H₂⁺
F. He, C. Ruiz and A. Becker
Journal of Physics B 41, 081003 (2008) ▶ PDF

Coherent control of electron localization in dissociating hydrogen molecular ion
F. He and A. Becker
Journal of Physics B 41, 074017 (2008) ▶ PDF

Time-resolved mapping of correlated electron emission from Helium atom in an intense laser pulse
C. Ruiz and A. Becker
New Journal of Physics 10, 025020 (2008) ▶ PDF

Some fundamental concepts of femtosecond laser filamentation
S.L. Chin, W. Liu, F. Theberge, Q. Luo, S.A. Hosseini, V.P. Kandidov, O.G. Kosareva, N. Aközbek, A. Becker and H. Schröder
Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science III, Springer Series in Chemical Physics 89, ed. by K. Yamanouchi, S.L. Chin, P. Agostini and G. Ferrante (Springer, 2008) 243

2007 back to top

Binary and recoil collisions in strong field double ionization of Helium
A. Staudte, C. Ruiz, M. Schöffler, D. Zeidler, Th. Weber, M. Meckel, D.M. Villeneuve, P.B. Corkum, A. Becker and R. Dörner
Physical Review Letters 99, 263002 (2007) ▶ PDF

Multislit interference patterns in high-order harmonic generation in C₆₀
M.F. Ciappina, A. Jaron-Becker and A. Becker
Physical Review A 76, 063406 (2007) ▶ PDF
Erratum: Physical Review A 78, 029902 (2008) ▶ PDF

Few-body dynamics in ultrashort laser pulses
A. Becker, C. Ruiz, S. Baier and L. Plaja
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 88, 012045 (2007) ▶ PDF

Single attosecond pulse generation with intense mid-infrared elliptically polarized laser pulses
F. He, C. Ruiz and A. Becker
Optics Letters 32, 3224 (2007) ▶ PDF

Control of electron excitation and localization in the dissociation of H₂⁺ and its isotopes using two sequential ultrashort laser pulses
F. He, C. Ruiz and A. Becker
Physical Review Letters 99, 083002 (2007) ▶ PDF

Absorbing boundaries in numerical solutions of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation on a grid using exterior complex scaling
F. He, C. Ruiz and A. Becker
Physical Review A 75, 053407 (2007) ▶ PDF

Self-stabilization of third-harmonic pulse during the two-color filamentation in gases
F. Theberge, J. Filion, N. Aközbek, Y. Chen, A. Becker and S.L. Chin
Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 87, 207 (2007) ▶ PDF

Single and double ionization of the hydrogen molecule in an intense few-cycle laser pulse
S. Baier, C. Ruiz, L. Plaja and A. Becker
Laser Physics 17, 358 (2007) ▶ PDF

Single-active-electron ionization of C₆₀ in intense laser pulses to high charge states
A. Jaron-Becker, A. Becker and F.H.M. Faisal
Journal of Chemical Physics 126, 124310 (2007) ▶ PDF

2006 back to top

Simulation of third-harmonic and supercontinuum generation for femtosecond laser pulses in air
M. Kolesik, E.M. Wright, A. Becker and J.V. Moloney
Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 85, 531 (2006) ▶ PDF

The plasma density inside a femtosecond laser filament in air: Strong dependence on external focusing
F. Theberge, W. Liu, P.Tr. Simard, A. Becker and S.L. Chin
Physical Review E 74, 036406 (2006) ▶ PDF

Nonsequential double ionization of hydrogen molecule in a few-cycle laser pulse
S. Baier, C. Ruiz, L. Plaja and A. Becker
Physical Review A 74, 033405 (2006) ▶ PDF

Extending the supercontinuum spectrum down to 200 nm with few-cycle pulses
N. Aközbek, S.A. Trushin, A. Baltuska, W. Fuß, E. Goulielmakis, K. Kosma, F. Krausz, S. Panja, M. Uiberacker, W.E. Schmid, A. Becker, M. Scalora and M. Bloemer
New Journal of Physics 8, 177 (2006) ▶ PDF

Dark pulses for resonant two-photon transitions
P. Panek and A. Becker
Physical Review A 74, 023408 (2006) ▶ PDF

Tunable few-cycle laser pulses generated through filamentation in gases
F. Theberge, N. Aközbek, W. Liu, A. Becker and S.L. Chin
Physical Review Letters 97, 023904 (2006) ▶ PDF

Saturated ionization of fullerenes in intense laser fields
A. Jaron-Becker, A. Becker and F.H.M. Faisal
Physical Review Letters 96, 143006 (2006) ▶ PDF

S-matrix theory of inelastic vibronic ionization of molecules in intense laser fields
A. Requate, A. Becker and F.H.M. Faisal
Physical Review A 73, 033406 (2006) ▶ PDF

Ab-initio calculation of the double ionization of helium in a few-cycle laser pulse beyond the one-dimensional approximation
C. Ruiz, L. Plaja, L. Roso and A. Becker
Physical Review Letters 96 (2006) 053001 ▶ PDF

High harmonic generation and attosecond pulse generation in dense medium
V.V. Strelkov, V.T. Platonenko and A. Becker
Topical Problems of Nonlinear Wave Physics, Proceedings of SPIE 5975, 59750A (2006) ▶ PDF

2005 back to top

Intense femtosecond laser filamentation: physics and applications
S.L. Chin, W. Liu, S.A. Hosseini, Q. Luo, F. Theberge, N. Aközbek, A. Becker, V.P. Kandidov and O.G. Kosareva
J. Fyzik Malaysia 26, 125 (2005) ▶ PDF

Theoretical analysis of fluorescence signals in filamentation of femtosecond laser pulses in nitrogen molecular gas
E. Arevalo and A. Becker
Physical Review A 72, 043807 (2005) ▶ PDF

Experiment and simulations on the energy reservoir in femtosecond light filaments
W. Liu, F. Theberge, E. Arevalo, J.-F. Gravel, A. Becker and S.L. Chin
Optics Letters 30, 2602 (2005) ▶ PDF

The propagation of powerful femtosecond laser pulses in optical media: physics, applications and new challenges
S.L. Chin, S.A. Hosseini, W. Liu, Q. Luo, F. Theberge, N. Aközbek, A. Becker, V.P. Kandidov, O.G. Kosareva and H. Schröder
Canadian Journal of Physics 83, 863 (2005) ▶ PDF

Variational analysis of self-focusing of intense ultrashort pulses in gases
E. Arevalo and A. Becker
Physical Review E 72, 026605 (2005) ▶ PDF

Generation of attosecond pulses in dense medium
V.V. Strelkov, V.T. Platonenko and A. Becker
Laser Physics 15, 799 (2005) ▶ PDF

Background reservoir: its crucial role for long distance propagation of femtosecond laser pulses in air
W. Liu, J.-F. Gravel, F. Theberge, A. Becker and S.L. Chin
Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 80, 857 (2005) ▶ PDF

High-harmonic generation in dense medium
V.V. Strelkov, V.T. Platonenko and A. Becker
Physical Review A 71, 053808 (2005) ▶ PDF

Propagation and filamentation of femtosecond laser pulses in optical media
N. Aközbek, A. Becker and S.L. Chin
Laser Physics 15, 607 (2005) ▶ PDF

Multiple fragmentation of atoms in intense laser pulses
A. Becker, R. Dörner and R. Moshammer
Journal of Physics B 38, S753 (2005) ▶ PDF

Self-action effects in ionization and fragmentation of toluene by femtosecond laser pulses
X.P. Tang, A. Becker, W. Liu, S.M. Sharifi, O.G. Kosareva, V.P. Kandidov, P. Agostini and S.L. Chin
Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 80, 547 (2005) ▶ PDF

Enhanced fragmentation of toluene through linear and nonlinear increase of the focal spot area of an ultrashort laser pulse
X.P. Tang, A. Becker, W. Liu, S.M. Sharifi, O.G. Kosareva, V.P. Kandidov, P. Agostini and S.L. Chin
Physical Review A 71, 045401 (2005) ▶ PDF

Intense-Field Many-Body S-Matrix Theory
A. Becker and F.H.M. Faisal
Journal of Physics B 38, R1 (2005) ▶ PDF

2004 back to top

Signatures of molecular orientation and orbital symmetry in strong-field photoelectron angular and energy distributions of diatomic molecules and small carbon clusters
A. Jaron-Becker, A. Becker and F.H.M. Faisal
Laser Physics 14, 179 (2004) ▶ PDF

Ionization of N₂, O₂ and linear carbon clusters in a strong laser pulse
A. Jaron-Becker, A. Becker and F.H.M. Faisal
Physical Review A 69, 023410 (2004) ▶ PDF
Erratum: Physical Review A 72, 069907 (2005) ▶ PDF

2003 back to top

Limits of a stationary phase method for ionization of atoms in strong laser fields
A. Requate, A. Becker and F.H.M. Faisal
Physics Letters A 319, 145 (2003) ▶ PDF

Dependence of strong-field photoelectron angular distributions on molecular orientation
A. Jaron-Becker, A. Becker and F.H.M. Faisal
Journal of Physics B 36, L375 (2003) ▶ PDF

Electron-electron momentum exchange in strong field double ionization
M. Weckenbrock, A. Becker, A. Staudte, S. Kammer, M. Smolarski, V.R. Bhardwaj, D.M. Rajner, D.M. Villeneuve, P.B. Corkum and R. Dörner
Physical Review Letters 91, 123004 (2003) ▶ PDF

Continuum generation of the third harmonic pulse generated by an intense femtosecond IR laser pulse in air
N. Aközbek, A. Becker, M. Scalora, S.L. Chin and C.M. Bowden
Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 77, 177 (2003) ▶ PDF

Self-transformation of a powerful femtosecond laser pulse into a white light laser pulse in bulk optical media (or supercontinuum generation)
V.P. Kandidov, O. Kosareva, I.S. Golubtsov, W. Liu, A. Becker, N. Aközbek, C.M. Bowden and S.L. Chin
Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 77, 149 (2003) ▶ PDF

Laser assisted and laser induced electron impact ionization during nonsequential double ionization of He
A. Jaron and A. Becker
Physical Review A 67, 035401 (2003) ▶ PDF

Femtosecond laser pulse filamentation versus optical breakdown in H₂O
W. Liu, O. Kosareva, I.S. Golubtsov, A. Iwasaki, A. Becker, V.P. Kandidov and S.L. Chin
Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics 76, 215 (2003) ▶ PDF