›› 2014, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (10): 103302-103302.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/23/10/103302

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Nonsequential double ionization of diatomic molecules by elliptically polarized laser pulses

童爱红, 刘丹, 冯国强   

  1. Department of Physics and Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Hubei University of Education, Wuhan 430205, China
  • 收稿日期:2013-11-20 修回日期:2014-04-21 出版日期:2014-10-15 发布日期:2014-10-15
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the Fund for Excellent Youths of Education Department of Hubei Province, China (Grant No. Q20133001), the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province, China (Grant No. 2013CFB015), and the Special Fund of Theoretical Physics, China (Grant No. 11347189).

Nonsequential double ionization of diatomic molecules by elliptically polarized laser pulses

Tong Ai-Hong (童爱红), Liu Dan (刘丹), Feng Guo-Qiang (冯国强)   

  1. Department of Physics and Mechanical & Electrical Engineering, Hubei University of Education, Wuhan 430205, China
  • Received:2013-11-20 Revised:2014-04-21 Online:2014-10-15 Published:2014-10-15
  • Contact: Tong Ai-Hong E-mail:tah1979@126.com
  • About author:33.80.Rv; 33.80.Wz; 34.80.Gs
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the Fund for Excellent Youths of Education Department of Hubei Province, China (Grant No. Q20133001), the Natural Science Foundation of Hubei Province, China (Grant No. 2013CFB015), and the Special Fund of Theoretical Physics, China (Grant No. 11347189).

摘要: Using the classical ensemble method, we investigate nonsequential double ionization (NSDI) of diatomic molecules by elliptically polarized laser pulses. The results show that the ellipticity of the laser field has a strong suppression effect on NSDI probabilities both in parallel and perpendicular alignments. The double ionization (DI) channel is commonly dominated by NSDI, and the NSDI channel changes with ellipticity. As ellipticity increases, more and more NSDIs occur through recollision excitation with subsequent field ionization (RESI). Moreover, like the case of linear polarization, the two electrons involved in NSDI for perpendicularly aligned molecules are more likely to emit into the opposite hemispheres as compared to the case of parallel alignment. Additionally, this alignment effect increases as ellipticity increases.

关键词: nonsequential double ionization, electron correlation, molecular alignment effect

Abstract: Using the classical ensemble method, we investigate nonsequential double ionization (NSDI) of diatomic molecules by elliptically polarized laser pulses. The results show that the ellipticity of the laser field has a strong suppression effect on NSDI probabilities both in parallel and perpendicular alignments. The double ionization (DI) channel is commonly dominated by NSDI, and the NSDI channel changes with ellipticity. As ellipticity increases, more and more NSDIs occur through recollision excitation with subsequent field ionization (RESI). Moreover, like the case of linear polarization, the two electrons involved in NSDI for perpendicularly aligned molecules are more likely to emit into the opposite hemispheres as compared to the case of parallel alignment. Additionally, this alignment effect increases as ellipticity increases.

Key words: nonsequential double ionization, electron correlation, molecular alignment effect

中图分类号:  (Multiphoton ionization and excitation to highly excited states (e.g., Rydberg states))

  • 33.80.Rv
33.80.Wz (Other multiphoton processes) 34.80.Gs (Molecular excitation and ionization)