Tunnel ionisation of Xe in an ultra-intense CO2laser field (1014W cm-2) with multiple charge creation
- 28 April 1985
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics B: Atomic and Molecular Physics
- Vol. 18 (8), L213-L215
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3700/18/8/001
Abstract
The authors demonstrate experimentally that Xe atoms are ionised by a tunnelling process by short CO2 laser pulses at the 1014 W cm-2 intensity level. Two different wavelengths were used and up to triply charged ions were observed.Keywords
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