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Title: Effects of Elliptical Polarization on Strong-Field Short-Pulse Double Ionization

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Rochester Theory Center and the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627 (United States)

We predict new end-of-pulse behavior in high-field atomic double ionization. Calculations of atomic electron trajectories in short intense laser pulses confirm our analysis of elliptical polarization. We exhibit a four-band structure in ion momentum distributions under various ellipticities, and predict that sequential and nonsequential double ionization can be cleanly distinguished under elliptical polarization.

OSTI ID:
21364669
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 103, Issue 10; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.103007; (c) 2009 The American Physical Society; ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English