Role of sub-barrier dynamics in coherent and incoherent radiation during tunneling ionization

Abstract: Radiation during strong-field tunneling ionization is investigated. The spontaneous as well as the coherent component of the radiation are calculated and the role of the under-the-barrier dynamics is analyzed. The competition of the contribution of different mechanisms in different spectral regions is examined. Transition-like radiation (Brunel radiation) is dominated at low-frequencies, Thomson scattering -- at the laser frequencies, and radiative recombination via the three-step process -- at high-order harmonics. The under-the-barrier dynamics is shown to enhance the Brunel radiation for near-zero-frequencies in asymmetric laser pulses for spontaneous as well as for the coherent radiation.