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Intense-field double ionization of helium: Identifying the mechanism

, , and . Physical Review Letters, 85 (22): 4707-4710 (November 2000)377ZP Times Cited:95 Cited References Count:27.

Abstract

We present quantum mechanical calculations of the electron and ion momentum distributions following double ionization of a one-dimensional helium atom by ultrashort laser pulses (780 nm) at various intensities. The two-electron momentum distributions exhibit a clear transition from nonsequential to sequential double ionization. We provide strong evidence that rescattering is responsible for nonsequential ionization by calculating the momentum spectrum of the He2+ recoil ions-which we find in excellent agreement with recent experiments-and by analyzing the electronic center-of-mass motion via Wigner transforms.

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