| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 57, Number 1, January 2002
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| Page(s) | 39 - 45 | |
| Section | Atomic and molecular physics | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2002-00538-7 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Theory for the explosion of clusters due to strong femtosecond electric fields: Size and charge effects
1
Institut für Theoretische Physik der Freien Universität
Berlin Arnimallee 14, 14195 Berlin, Germany
2
Institut für Physik, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität
Greifswald Domstr. 10a, 17487 Greifswald, Germany
Corresponding author: garcia@physik.fu-berlin.de
Received:
5
July
2001
Accepted:
18
October
2001
Using a microscopic theoretical approach we analyze the ultrafast ionization and explosion of clusters induced by intense femtosecond laser pulses. We show that the remarkable correlation between kinetic energy and charge of the produced ions observed in different experiments can be described as arising from strongly inhomogeneous charge densities in the clusters, which are induced by the strong quantum dynamics of the electrons after laser excitation.
PACS: 36.40.-c – Atomic and molecular clusters / 32.80.Rm – Multiphoton ionization and excitation to highly excited states (e.g., Rydberg states) / 42.50.Hz – Strong-field excitation of optical transitions in quantum systems; multi-photon processes; dynamic Stark shift
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