https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530170060
Ionic recoil energies in the Coulomb explosion of metal clusters
Fachbereich Physik, Universität Rostock, 18055 Rostock, Germany
Corresponding author: a tiggesbaeumker@physik.uni-rostock.de
Received:
20
December
2000
Published online: 15 September 2001
The photoionization of metal clusters in intense femtosecond laser fields has been studied. In contrast to an experiment on atoms, the interaction in this case leads to a very efficient and high charging of the particle where tens of electrons per atom are ejected from the cluster. The recoil energy distribution of the atomic fragment ions was measured which in the case of lead clusters exceeds 180 keV. Enhanced charging efficiency which we observed earlier for specific pulse conditions is not reflected in the recoil energy spectra. Both the average and the maximum energies decrease with increasing laser pulse width. This is in good agreement with molecular dynamics calculations.
PACS: 36.40.Vz – Optical properties of clusters / 36.40.Gk – Plasma and collective effects in clusters / 52.40.-w – Plasma interactions (nonlaser)
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag, 2001
