Physics – Atomic Physics
Scientific paper
2009-06-23
Physics
Atomic Physics
13 pages, 4 figures
Scientific paper
We investigate the physical processes in which an electron, upon return to its parent ion, promotes a second electron to an excited state, from which it subsequently tunnels. Employing the strong-field approximation and saddle-point methods, we perform a detailed analysis of the dynamics of the two electrons, in terms of quantum orbits, and delimit constraints for their momentum components parallel to the laser-field polarization. The kinetic energy of the first electron, upon return, exhibits a cutoff slightly lower than $10U_p$, where $U_p$ is the ponderomotive energy, as in rescattered above-threshold ionization (ATI). The second electron leaves the excited state in a direct ATI-like process, with the maximal energy of $2U_p$. We also compute electron-momentum distributions, whose maxima agree with our estimates and with other methods.
Morisson Faria Carla Figueira de
Shaaran T.
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