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A: Fachverband Atomphysik
A 10: Interaction with strong or short laser pulses
A 10.11: Poster
Tuesday, March 15, 2022, 16:30–18:30, P
Experimental study of the laser-induced ionization of heavy metal and metalloid ions: Au+ and Si2+ — •Bo Ying1,2,3, Frank Machalett1,2,3, Vanessa Huth1, Matthias Kübel1,2, A Max Sayler1,2,4, Thomas Stöhlker1,2,3, Gerhard G Paulus1,2,3, and Philipp Wustelt1,2 — 1Institute of Optics and Quantum Electronics, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany — 2Helmholtz Institute Jena, Fröbelstieg 3, 07743 Jena, Germany — 3GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung, Planckstraße 1, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany — 4Benedictine College, Atchison, KS 66002, USA
We implement a liquid metal ion source in a 3D coincidence momentum spectroscopy setup for studying the interaction of ionic targets with intense laser pulses. Laser intensities of up to 4x1016 W cm−2 allow for the observation of up to ten-fold ionization of Au+-ions and double ionization of Si2+-ions. Further, by utilizing two-color sculpted laser fields to control the ionization process on the attosecond time scale, we demonstrate the capability to resolve the recoil ion momenta of heavy metal atoms. Simulations based on a semiclassical model assuming purely sequential ionization reproduce the experimental data well. This work opens up the use of a range of metallic and metalloid ions, which have hardly been investigated in strong-field laser physics so far.