U_{P}, 3U_{P}, 11U_{P}: Above-Threshold Ionization Revisited

• Authors: Baorui Yang , K.J. Schafer , B. Walker , K.C. Kulander , L.F. Dimauro , P. Agostini
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Angular distributions of very high energy photoelectrons from Xe and Kr, excited by a 50 ps, 1054 um laser, are presented. In Xe strong, narrow structures 45° off the polarization axis appear on above-threshold ionization peaks within a limited energy range centered around 9U_{P}, where U_{P} is the intensity-dependent ponderomotive energy. Under the same conditions the effect is much weaker in krypton. These structures are discussed using a very simple classical model as well as sophisticated single active electron calculations and the Keldysh-Faisal-Reiss theory. We conclude these structures are the result of single-electron dynamics involving rescattering of a tunneling component of the continuum wave function.

Keywords

EN

32.80.Fb; 31.90.+s; 32.80.Rm

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 1994
• Volume: 86
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 41-50

Dates

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1994-07

Contributors

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Baorui Yang

• Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA

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K.J. Schafer

• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA

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B. Walker

• Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA

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K.C. Kulander

• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California, USA

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L.F. Dimauro

• Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA

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P. Agostini

• Service de Recherches sur les Surfaces et l'Irradiation de la Matière, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Saclay, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France