Effects of Elliptical Polarization on Strong-Field Short-Pulse Double Ionization

Abstract

We predict new end-of-pulse behavior in high-field atomic double ionization. Calculations of atomic electron trajectories in short intense laser pulses confirm our analysis of elliptical polarization. We exhibit a four-band structure in ion momentum distributions under various ellipticities, and predict that sequential and non-sequential double ionization can be cleanly distinguished under elliptical polarization.

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