Exploring interatomic Coulombic decay by free electron lasers

To exploit the high intensity of laser radiation, we propose to select frequencies at which single-photon absorption is of too low energy and two or more photons are needed to produce states of an atom that can undergo interatomic Coulombic decay (ICD) with its neighbors. For Ne(2) it is explicitly...

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Published in:Physical review letters 2011-12, Vol.107 (27), p.273002-273002, Article 273002
Main Authors: Demekhin, Philipp V, Stoychev, Spas D, Kuleff, Alexander I, Cederbaum, Lorenz S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ABSORPTION
ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ATOMS
BOSONS
CHARGED PARTICLES
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS
DECAY
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRONS
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FERMIONS
FREE ELECTRON LASERS
IONIZATION
IONS
LASER RADIATION
LASERS
LEPTONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MULTI-PHOTON PROCESSES
NEON IONS
NUCLEAR DECAY
PHOTONS
PULSES
RADIATION CHEMISTRY, RADIOCHEMISTRY, AND NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY
RADIATIONS
SORPTION
TIME DELAY
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Summary:To exploit the high intensity of laser radiation, we propose to select frequencies at which single-photon absorption is of too low energy and two or more photons are needed to produce states of an atom that can undergo interatomic Coulombic decay (ICD) with its neighbors. For Ne(2) it is explicitly demonstrated that the proposed multiphoton absorption scheme is much more efficient than schemes used until now, which rely on single-photon absorption. Extensive calculations on Ne(2) show how the low-energy ICD electrons and Ne(+) pairs are produced for different laser intensities and pulse durations. At higher intensities the production of Ne(+) pairs by successive ionization of the two atoms becomes competitive and the respective emitted electrons interfere with the ICD electrons. It is also shown that a measurement after a time delay can be used to determine the contribution of ICD even at high laser intensity.
ISSN:0031-9007
1079-7114
DOI:10.1103/physrevlett.107.273002