Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-29-2010

Abstract

We examine the nature and statistical properties of electron-electron collisions in the recollision process in a strong laser field. The separation of the double ionization yield into sequential and nonsequential components leads to a bell-shaped curve for the nonsequential probability and a monotonically rising one for the sequential process. We identify key features of the nonsequential process and connect our findings in a simplified model which reproduces the knee shape for the probability of double ionization with laser intensity and associated trends. © 2010 The American Physical Society.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Physical Review Letters

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