Elastic scattering and impact ionization by returning electrons induced in a strong laser field
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We study elastic scattering and impact ionization by returning electrons induced in a strong laser field based on the recently developed quantitative rescattering theory. The high-energy angle-resolved photoelectron spectra of molecules in strong fields are attributed to elastic scattering of the returning electrons with the parent ion. We demonstrate that the high-energy photoelectron spectra can be used to retrieve the position of atoms in a molecule. We also investigate the nonsequential double ionization of an atom in intense laser fields which is partly due to the impact ionization of the parent ion by the returning electron.
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