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

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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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, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 104; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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