Abstract
A systematic study of nonsequential double ionization (NSDI) of alkaline-earth metal atoms with mid-infrared femtosecond pulses is reported. We find that the measured NSDI yield shows a strong target dependence and it is more suppressed for alkaline-earth metal with higher ionization potential. The observation is attributed to the differences in the recollision induced excitation and ionization cross sections of alkaline-earth metals. This work indicates that NSDI of alkaline-earth metals can be generally understood within recollision picture and sheds light on ultrafast control of electron correlation and dynamics of ionic excited states during NSDI of atoms with complex structures. 2020 Optical Society of America.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 19325-19333 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Optics Express |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 13 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 22 Jun 2020 |
| Externally published | Yes |