Spin - resolved momentum distributions and vortex evolution in multiphoton pair production within a modified two-level model
We investigate spin-resolved momentum distributions and phase vortices in multiphoton electron-positron pair production within a modified two-level model. This model retains the diagonal spinor inner-product terms neglected in the adiabatic approximation, thereby inducing spin-resolved transverse asymmetries in the momentum distribution. For a circularly polarized pulse, the handedness determines the winding direction of the quantized vortices, whereas for a linearly polarized pulse, the phase distribution exhibits nodal lines rather than quantized vortices. For two time-delayed circularly polarized pulses, the time delay introduces a relative phase that governs the multiphoton interference, which in turn drives the vortex evolution in each spin configuration. These results demonstrate that pulse polarization and time delay enable coherent control over vortex topology in pair production.