Speed-up collisions in strong-field double ionization

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 4758-4767

  Haan, S L ^a   Cully, J C ^a   Hoekema, K ^a  

^a CALVIN COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRONS; HELIUM; IONIZATION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; QUANTUM THEORY;

DOUBLE IONIZATION; LASER PARAMETER; SPEED-UP COLLISION; STRONG-FIELD PROCESSES;

COLLISION AVOIDANCE;

EID: 9344259682     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.004758     Document Type: Article

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