Effects of elliptical polarization on strong-field short-pulse double ionization

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Wang, Xu ^a   Eberly, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ELECTRON; DOUBLE IONIZATION; ELLIPTICAL POLARIZATION; HIGH-FIELD; ION MOMENTUM; NONSEQUENTIAL DOUBLE IONIZATIONS; SHORT INTENSE LASER PULSE; SHORT-PULSE;

IONIZATION OF GASES; POLARIZATION;

PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 69949150938     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.103007     Document Type: Article

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