From Recollisions to the Knee: A Road Map for Double Ionization in Intense Laser Fields

Journal Article · Fri Jan 29 00:00:00 EST 2010 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.104.043005· OSTI ID:21386768

Mauger, F ^[1]; Chandre, C ^[1]; Uzer, T ^[2]

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1. Centre de Physique Theorique, CNRS-Aix-Marseille Universites, Campus de Luminy, case 907, F-13288 Marseille cedex 09 (France)
2. School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0430 (United States)

We examine the nature and statistical properties of electron-electron collisions in the recollision process in a strong laser field. The separation of the double ionization yield into sequential and nonsequential components leads to a bell-shaped curve for the nonsequential probability and a monotonically rising one for the sequential process. We identify key features of the nonsequential process and connect our findings in a simplified model which reproduces the knee shape for the probability of double ionization with laser intensity and associated trends.

• OSTI ID: 21386768
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 104, Issue 4; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.043005; (c) 2010 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0031-9007
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ELECTRON-ELECTRON COLLISIONS
IONIZATION
LASER RADIATION
PROBABILITY
YIELDS
COLLISIONS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRON COLLISIONS
RADIATIONS