Binary and Recoil Collisions in Strong Field Double Ionization of Helium
Author(s) -
A. Staudte,
Camilo Ruíz,
M. S. Schöffler,
S. Schößler,
D. Zeidler,
Th. Weber,
M. Meckel,
D. M. Villeneuve,
P. B. Corkum,
Andreas Becker,
R. Dörner
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
physical review letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.688
H-Index - 673
eISSN - 1079-7114
pISSN - 0031-9007
DOI - 10.1103/physrevlett.99.263002
Subject(s) - double ionization , physics , recoil , atomic physics , helium , ionization , momentum (technical analysis) , electron , field (mathematics) , nuclear physics , ion , quantum mechanics , mathematics , finance , pure mathematics , economics
We have investigated the correlated momentum distribution of both electrons from nonsequential double ionization of helium in a 800 nm, 4.5\ud71014W/cm2 laser field. Using very high resolution coincidence techniques, we find a so-far unobserved fingerlike structure in the correlated electron momentum distribution. The structure can be interpreted as a signature of the microscopic dynamics in the recollision process. We identify features corresponding to the binary and recoil lobe in field-free (e,2e) collisions. This interpretation is supported by analyzing ab initio solutions of a fully correlated three-dimensional helium model. \ua9 2007 The American Physical Society.Peer reviewed: YesNRC publication: Ye
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