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Relativistic MeV photoelectrons from the single atom response of argon to a 10 19 W/cm2 laser field
A D DiChiara1, I Ghebregziabher, R Sauer
1Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716, USA.
Abstract:
We present photoelectron measurements from argon ionization at 10(19) W/cm(2). Photoelectrons with energies above 400 keV, including a 1.2 MeV cutoff, are in quantitative agreement with a semiclassical, relativistic 3D ionization model that includes a nonparaxial laser field. L-shell photoelectrons have energies and momentum dominated by the field, including the acceleration out of the focus. Yields and angular distributions at 60 keV come from valence shell ionization by strong fields where rescattering and atomic processes determine photoelectron final states.
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