Theoretical analysis reveals momentum vortex patterns in strong-field pair production from counter-rotating laser pulses, suggesting a sensitive method for characterizing ultrashort laser fields.
The momentum signatures of created pairs in the multiphoton regime in strong fields are investigated and obvious vortex patterns that are constituted of the quasi-Archimedian spirals are found when considering two opposite-handedness circularly polarized fields. Distinguished from the familiar Ramsey interference fringes with the concentric rings under two identical-handedness fields, however, the finding vortices are associated to the interference between the pair production amplitudes of these two opposite-handedness fields. Moreover, the sensitive dependence of vortex patterns on the relative carrier envelope phase, the time delay, and the handedness between two fields imply also a new way to detect the applied laser field characteristics.
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