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Attosecond electron thermalization by laser-driven electron recollision in atoms

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/39/16/L01
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  1. National Research Council Canada. NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
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Abstract
Nonsequential multiple ionization of atoms in intense laser fields is initiated by a recollision between an electron, freed by tunnelling, and its parent ion. Following recollision, the initial electron shares its energy with several bound electrons. We use a classical model based on rapid electron thermalization to interpret recent experiments. For neon, good agreement with the available data is obtained with an upper bound of 460 as for the thermalization time. This may be the shortest thermalization time measured to date.
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  • Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 39, no. 16 (2006): L305–L311.
LanguageEnglish
Peer reviewedYes
NPARC number12338445
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