Enhanced nonlinear double excitation of he in intense extreme ultraviolet laser fields

A. Hishikawa*, M. Fushitani, Y. Hikosaka, A. Matsuda, C. N. Liu, T. Morishita, E. Shigemasa, M. Nagasono, K. Tono, T. Togashi, H. Ohashi, H. Kimura, Y. Senba, M. Yabashi, T. Ishikawa

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Abstract

Nonlinear, three-photon double excitation of He in intense extreme ultraviolet free-electron laser fields (∼24.1eV, ∼5TW/cm,sup>2) is presented. Resonances to the doubly excited states converging to the He + N=3 level are revealed by the shot-by-shot photoelectron spectroscopy and identified by theoretical calculations based on the time-dependent Schrödinger equation for the two-electron atom under a laser field. It is shown that the three-photon double excitation is enhanced by intermediate Rydberg states below the first ionization threshold, giving a greater contribution to the photoionization yields than the two-photon process by more than 1 order of magnitude.

Original languageEnglish
Article number243003
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume107
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011/12/06

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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