Correlation effects in two-electron model atoms in intense laser fields

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作者
Liu, WC
Eberly, JH
Haan, SL
Grobe, R
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[1] Univ Rochester, Rochester Theory Ctr Opt Sci & Engn, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
[2] Univ Rochester, Dept Phys & Astron, Rochester, NY 14627 USA
[3] Calvin Coll, Dept Phys & Astron, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA
[4] Illinois State Univ, Dept Phys, Normal, IL 61790 USA
[5] Illinois State Univ, Intense Laser Phys Theory Unit, Normal, IL 61790 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.83.520
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
摘要
We report an efficient implementation of a spatial two-zone method for solving Schrodinger's equation numerically, using a canonical basis set decomposition, and also its application to two-electron wave functions in a study of double multiphoton ionization. We make the first calculation of the time-dependent degree of electron correlation for this poorly understood process. Our results show a particularly sensitive window of intensities coinciding exactly with the well-known "knee" regime in ion-count data.
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