Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 093002 (2005) [4 pages]

Nonsequential Double Ionization as a Completely Classical Photoelectric Effect

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Phay J. Ho¹, R. Panfili^1,2, S. L. Haan³, and J. H. Eberly¹
¹Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
²Spectral Sciences, Inc., Burlington, Massachusetts 01803, USA
³Department of Physics and Astronomy, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546, USA

Received 21 September 2004; published 9 March 2005

We introduce a unified and simplified theory of atomic double ionization. Our results show that at high laser intensities (I≥10¹⁴ W/cm²) purely classical correlation is strong enough to account for all of the main features observed in experiments to date.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.093002

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10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.093002

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32.80.Rm, 32.60.+i

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 093002 (2005) [4 pages]

Nonsequential Double Ionization as a Completely Classical Photoelectric Effect