2 research outputs found
Vortices in multiphoton pair production revisited
Vortices in multiphoton pair production are revisited by two counter-rotating
fields with time delay for different cycles in pulse. Novel findings include
that for subcycle fields, the remarkable vortex structure in the momentum
spectrum can be still caused by a large time delay compared to the previous
study for supercycle case where it is easier to be generated by a small time
delay. And also there exist a range of critical polarization values for the
vortices appearance corresponding to the different cycle number. The relative
phase difference between two fields causes not only severe symmetry breaking of
the momentum spectra pattern and vortex, but also a significant change for the
shape and the number of vortex spiral. Upon the number density, it is found a
more sensitive to the cycle number, in particularly, it is enhanced by more
than one order of magnitude for small cycle pulse, while it is increased about
few times when the time delay is small. These results provide an abundant
theoretical testbed for the possible experimental observation on the
multiphoton pair production in future. Meanwhile, it is applicable to regard
the particles momentum signatures as a new probing to the laser field
information with it from the vacuum.Comment: 29 pages, 12 figures, 2 table
Schwinger pair production rate and time for some space-dependent fields via worldline instantons formalism
Schwinger pair production rate and time in some space-dependent fields are studied analytically by using the worldline instantons formalism. The instanton path, action, production rate, vacuum-decay time and tunneling time are obtained, which depend on the Keldysh parameter significantly. It is found that under a given field the instanton paths with different Keldysh parameter are exactly in the same plane. Moreover, the normalized instanton actions are all bounded within the region from to . We also find the relationship between vacuum-decay time and tunneling time.
Graphic abstract: Schwinger pair production rate and time in some space-dependent fields are studied analytically by using the worldline instantons formalism. The instanton path, action, production rate, vacuum-decay time and tunneling time are obtained, which depend on the Keldysh parameter significantly. It is found that under a given field the instanton paths with different Keldysh parameter are exactly in the same plane. Moreover, the normalized instanton actions are all bounded within the region from to . We also find the relationship between vacuum-decay time and tunneling time