Peters, MB; Katsoulis, GP; Emmanouilidou, A; (2022) General model and toolkit for the ionization of three or more electrons in strongly driven atoms using an effective Coulomb potential for the interaction between bound electrons. Physical Review A , 105 (4) , Article 043102. 10.1103/physreva.105.043102.

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We formulate a three-dimensional semiclassical model to address triple and double ionization in three-electron atoms driven by intense infrared laser pulses. During time propagation, our model fully accounts for the Coulomb singularities, the magnetic field of the laser pulse, and the motion of the nucleus at the same time as for the motion of the three electrons. The framework we develop is general and can account for multielectron ionization in strongly driven atoms with more than three electrons. To avoid unphysical autoionization arising in classical models of three or more electrons, we replace the Coulomb potential between pairs of bound electrons with effective Coulomb potentials. The Coulomb forces between electrons that are not both bound are fully accounted for. We develop a set of criteria to determine when electrons become bound during time propagation. We compare ionization spectra obtained with the model developed here and with the Heisenberg model that includes a potential term restricting an electron from closely approaching the core. Such spectra include the sum of the electron momenta along the direction of the laser field as well as the correlated electron momenta. We also compare these results with experimental ones.

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