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Abstract
Tunneling is an iconic concept that captures the peculiarity of quantum dynamics but, despite its ubiquity, questions remain. We focus on strong-field tunneling, which is vital to all attosecond science. We find an unexpected optical tunneling event that happens when the instantaneous electric field vanishes and there is no barrier. This event arises from a color switchover in a strongly polychromatic field. The tunneling without a barrier reveals the disconnect between the standard intuition built on the picture of a quasistatic barrier and the nonadiabatic nature of the process.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 043103 |
Journal | Physical Review A |
Volume | 111 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Apr 2025 |
Keywords
- quant-ph
- physics.atom-ph
- physics.optics
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RF Enhanced Research Expenses 2023
Pisanty Alatorre, E. (Primary Investigator)
1/04/2023 → 31/12/2026
Project: Research
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New Frontiers of Strong-Field Physics: Vortices, Catastrophes, and Quantum Electrodynamics
Pisanty Alatorre, E. (Primary Investigator)
1/01/2022 → 31/12/2026
Project: Research
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RF Enhanced Research Expenses 2021 Pisanty
Pisanty Alatorre, E. (Primary Investigator)
1/01/2022 → 31/12/2026
Project: Research