Xenon Clusters in Intense VUV Laser Fields

Abstract

A simple model is developed that quantitatively describes intense interactions of a VUV laser pulse with a xenon cluster. We find good agreement with a recent experiment [H. Wabnitz et al., Nature Vol. 420, 482 (2002)]. In particular, the large number of VUV photons absorbed per atom--at intensities significantly below 10^16 W/cm^2--is now understood.

5 pages, 4 figures

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