Düsseldorf 2007 – scientific programme

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A: Fachverband Atomphysik

A 9: Interaction with strong laser pulses II

A 9.1: Invited Talk

Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 14:00–14:30, 5M

Correlated electron dynamics in few-cycle pulses — •Andreas Becker — Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Nöthnitzer Str. 38, D-01187 Dresden

Electron correlation consitutes a basic resource for the understanding of the dynamics of many-particle systems. Its relevance becomes particular obvious in the double ionization by intense Ti:sapphire laser radiation (for a review see e.g. [1]). We have recently analyzed the ionization of two-electron atoms [2] and molecules [3] using ab-initio simulations beyond the conventional one-dimensional approximation. In the model [2] the electron correlation is included in its full dimensionality, while the center-of-mass motion is restricted along the polarization axis. The analysis of the numerical results reveals two pathways of non-sequential double ionization, namely the emission of a highly correlated electron pair and the ionization of previously excited ions, which are both linked to the return of an initially singly ionized electron wave packet to the residual ion.
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C.Ruiz et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 (2006) 053001
S.Baier et al., Phys. Rev. A 74 (2006) 033405