Angular distribution of emitted electrons in sodium clusters: A semiclassical approach

E. Giglio, P.-G. Reinhard, and E. Suraud
Phys. Rev. A 67, 043202 – Published 22 April 2003
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Abstract

We present a theoretical study of the angular distribution of emitted electrons of a sodium cluster, irradiated by short and intense laser pulses. While the polarization of the excitation field tends to focus a directional emission, the dynamical correlations tend to thermalize the electrons, giving rise to a more isotropic ionization. The competition between these processes is investigated using a semiclassical model Vlasov-Ühling-Uhlenbeck, where the dynamical correlations are taken in account by the electron-electron correlations in the Markovian approximation, the widely known Ühling-Uhlenbeck collision term. The results are compared to a semiclassical pure mean-field propagation (Vlasov equation) to work out the influence of dynamical correlations on the angular distribution of the electron emission. The trends with laser intensity and frequency are explored. The time evolution of the angular distributions shows that direct emission processes are stronger in the early phase of the processs, while isotropic thermal emission dominates later.

  • Received 12 December 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.67.043202

©2003 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

E. Giglio*

  • CIRIL, rue Claude Bloch, BP 5133, F-14070 Caen Cedex 05, France

P.-G. Reinhard

  • Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Erlangen, Staudtstrasse 7, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany

E. Suraud

  • Laboratoire de Physique Quantique, Université Paul Sabatier, 118 Route de Narbonne, F-31062 Toulouse Cedex, France

  • *Electronic address: giglio@ganil.fr

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Vol. 67, Iss. 4 — April 2003

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