Frustrated double ionization of atoms in circularly polarized laser fields
Open Access
- 18 February 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in New Journal of Physics
- Vol. 23 (3), 033041
- https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/abe79d
Abstract
We theoretically study frustrated double ionization (FDI) of atoms subjected to intense circularly polarized laser pulses using a three-dimensional classical model. We find a "knee" structure of FDI probability as a function of intensity, which is similar to the intensity dependence of nonsequential double ionization probability. The observation of FDI is more favourable when using targets with low ionization potentials and short driving laser wavelengths. This is attributed to the crucial role of recollision therein, which can be experimentally inferred from the photoelectron momentum distribution generated by FDI. This work provides novel physical insights into FDI dynamics with circular polarization.Keywords
Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (11974380)
- National Key Research and Development Program of China (2019YFA0307700 2016YFA0401100)
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft in the framework of the Schwerpunktprogramm (1840)
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