Mechanisms underlying strong-field double ionization of argon dimers

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作者
Manschwetus, B. [1 ]
Rottke, H. [1 ]
Steinmeyer, G. [1 ]
Foucar, L. [2 ]
Czasch, A. [3 ]
Schmidt-Boecking, H. [3 ]
Sandner, W. [1 ]
机构
[1] Max Born Inst, D-12489 Berlin, Germany
[2] Ctr Free Electron Laser Sci, Max Planck Adv Study Grp, D-22607 Hamburg, Germany
[3] Goethe Univ Frankfurt, Inst Kernphys, D-60438 Frankfurt, Germany
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2010年 / 82卷 / 01期
关键词
ULTRAFAST CHARGE MIGRATION; MOMENTUM DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRONIC STATES; RECOIL-ION; CURVES;
D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.82.013413
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We investigate double ionization of argon dimers in high-intensity ultrashort Ti:sapphire laser pulses. We are able to identify several strong-field excitation pathways of the dimer that terminate in atomic ion pairs from a Coulomb explosion. The explosion starts from two-site double-ionized dimers and from one-site double-ionized ones after radiative charge transfer at small internuclear separation. One-site double ionization is accomplished by laser-induced charge transfer in the high-intensity laser pulse following two-site double ionization. The highest energy ion pairs we observed can be attributed to "frustrated triple ionization" of the argon dimer.
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