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Add laser envelope of “supersine” form with exact zero boundaries #7281

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Background

Currently, ABACUS supports a Gaussian laser envelope, which requires numerical truncation at the beginning and end of the pulse. This may introduce artifacts in strong-field simulations.
In many studies, laser envelopes that are strictly zero at the pulse boundaries are preferred, as they provide cleaner numerical behavior. For example, in Neufeld et al. (PNAS 2022, 119(25): e2204219119), a “supersine” envelope is used (Eq. 7), which smoothly goes to zero at both ends of the pulse.

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We would like to request the implementation of a laser envelope in the “supersine” form as defined in Eq. 7 of the above paper. The corresponding vector potential should follow Eq. 1 in the same paper.
This improvement would enhance the robustness of time-dependent simulations and reduce boundary-induced artifacts in strong-field calculations.

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  • Update the documentation to include the new feature.
  • Perform code review and address any issues.
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