Multistep ionization of argon clusters in intense femtosecond extreme ultraviolet pulses.

Autor: Bostedt C; Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Eugene-Wigner-Bldg. EW 3-1, Hardenbergstr. 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany., Thomas H, Hoener M, Eremina E, Fennel T, Meiwes-Broer KH, Wabnitz H, Kuhlmann M, Plönjes E, Tiedtke K, Treusch R, Feldhaus J, de Castro AR, Möller T
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2008 Apr 04; Vol. 100 (13), pp. 133401. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Apr 01.
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.133401
Abstrakt: The interaction of intense extreme ultraviolet femtosecond laser pulses (lambda = 32.8 nm) from the FLASH free electron laser (FEL) with clusters has been investigated by means of photoelectron spectroscopy and modeled by Monte Carlo simulations. For laser intensities up to 5x10(13) W/cm(2), we find that the cluster ionization process is a sequence of direct electron emission events in a developing Coulomb field. A nanoplasma is formed only at the highest investigated power densities where ionization is frustrated due to the deep cluster potential. In contrast with earlier studies in the IR and vacuum ultraviolet spectral regime, we find no evidence for electron emission from plasma heating processes.
Databáze: MEDLINE