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 language | English |
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Article number | 243003 |
Journal | Physical Review Letters |
Volume | 107 |
Issue number | 24 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2011/12/06 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy