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Phys Rev Lett. 2009 Mar 27;102(12):123002. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.123002. Epub 2009 Mar 25.

Few-photon multiple ionization of N2 by extreme ultraviolet free-electron laser radiation.

Physical review letters

Y H Jiang, A Rudenko, M Kurka, K U Kühnel, Th Ergler, L Foucar, M Schöffler, S Schössler, T Havermeier, M Smolarski, K Cole, R Dörner, S Düsterer, R Treusch, M Gensch, C D Schröter, R Moshammer, J Ullrich

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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.

PMID: 19392273 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.123002

Abstract

Few-photon multiple ionization of N2 was studied differentially in a reaction microscope using 44 eV, approximately 25 fs, intense ( approximately 10(13) W/cm(2)) photon pulses from FLASH. Sequential ionization is observed to dominate. For various intermediate charge states N(2)(n+0 we find a considerable excess of photons absorbed compared to the minimum number that would energetically be required. Photoionization of aligned N(2)(n+) ions, produced by photon absorption in sequential steps, is explored and few-photon absorption pathways are traced by inspecting kinetic energy releases and fragment-ion angular distributions.

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