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View SchemaNon-sequential triple ionization in strong fields
| Authors | Krzysztof Sacha, Bruno Eckhardt |
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| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0107069 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0107069 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevA.64.053401 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. A 64, 053401 (2001). |
Abstract
We consider the final stage of triple ionization of atoms in a strong linearly polarized laser field. We propose that for intensities below the saturation value for triple ionization the process is dominated by the simultaneous escape of three electrons from a highly excited intermediate complex. We identify within a classical model two pathways to triple ionization, one with a triangular configuration of electrons and one with a more linear one. Both are saddles in phase space. A stability analysis indicates that the triangular configuration has the larger cross sections and should be the dominant one. Trajectory simulations within the dominant symmetry subspace reproduce the experimentally observed distribution of ion momenta parallel to the polarization axis.
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