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Recollision as a probe of magnetic-field effects in nonsequential double ionization

Emmanouilidou, A; Meltzer, T; (2017) Recollision as a probe of magnetic-field effects in nonsequential double ionization. Physical Review A , 95 (3) , Article 033405. 10.1103/PhysRevA.95.033405. Green open access

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Abstract

Fully accounting for nondipole effects in the electron dynamics, double ionization is studied for He driven by a near-infrared laser field and for Xe driven by a mid-infrared laser field. Using a three-dimensional semiclassical model, the average sum of the electron momenta along the propagation direction of the laser field is computed. If nondipole effects are not accounted for, the average momentum of each electron in the propagation direction of the laser field is zero. When nondipole effects are accounted for the sum of the electron momenta is found to be an order of magnitude larger than twice the average electron momentum along the propagation direction of the laser field in single ionization. This average sum of the electron momenta is found to be maximum at intensities smaller than the intensities satisfying previously predicted criteria for the onset of magnetic-field effects. It is shown that strong recollisions are the reason for this unexpectedly large value of the sum of the momenta along the direction of the magnetic component of the Lorentz force.

Type: Article
Title: Recollision as a probe of magnetic-field effects in nonsequential double ionization
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.95.033405
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.95.033405
Language: English
Additional information: This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions.
Keywords: Molecular & Chemical, Physics, HARMONIC-GENERATION, ATOMS
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1542035
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