Probing Angular Correlations in Sequential Double Ionization

Journal Article · Fri Sep 09 04:00:00 EDT 2011 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.107.113003· OSTI ID:21611763

Fleischer, A ^[1]; Woerner, H J ^[1]; Arissian, L ^[1]; Liu, L R ^[1]; Meckel, M; Rippert, A; Doerner, R ^[2]; Villeneuve, D M; Corkum, P B; Staudte, A ^[1]

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1. Joint Attosecond Science Laboratory, National Research Council and University of Ottawa, 100 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0R6 (Canada)
2. Institut fuer Kernphysik, Goethe Universitaet, Max-von-Laue Strasse 1, D-60438 Frankfurt (Germany)

We study electron correlation in sequential double ionization of noble gas atoms and HCl in intense, femtosecond laser pulses. We measure the photoelectron angular distributions of Ne{sup +} relative to the first electron in a pump-probe experiment with 8 fs, 800 nm, circularly polarized laser pulses at a peak intensity of a few 10{sup 15} W/cm{sup 2}. Using a linear-linear pump-probe setup, we further study He, Ar, and HCl. We find a clear angular correlation between the two ionization steps in the sequential double ionization intensity regime.

• OSTI ID: 21611763
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 107; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
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ANGULAR DISTRIBUTION
ARGON
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CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
CORRELATIONS
DISTRIBUTION
ELECTRON CORRELATION
ELECTRONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
ELEMENTS
FERMIONS
FLUIDS
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HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
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HYDROCHLORIC ACID
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INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
IONIZATION
IONS
LASERS
LEPTONS
NEON IONS
NONMETALS
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