Geometry- and diffraction-independent ionization probabilities in intense laser fields: Probing atomic ionization mechanisms with effective intensity matching

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Bryan, W A ^a   Stebbings, S L ^a   English, E M L ^a   Goodworth, T R J ^a   Newell, W R ^a   McKenna, J ^b   Suresh, M ^b   Srigengan, B ^b   Williams, I D ^b   Turcu, I C E ^c   Smith, J M ^c   Divall, E J ^c   Hooker, C J ^c   Langley, A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^c Harwell Science and Innovation Campus   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONIZATION; LASER PULSES; PROBABILITY; XENON;

FIELD IONIZATION; PULSE ELLIPTICITY; RECOLLISION IONIZATION;

LASERS;

EID: 33144458369     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.73.013407     Document Type: Article

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