Frustrated double ionization of argon atoms in strong laser fields

@article{Larimian2018FrustratedDI,
  title={Frustrated double ionization of argon atoms in strong laser fields},
  author={S. Larimian and Sonia Erattupuzha and Andrius Baltuvska and Markus Kitzler and Xinhua Xie},
  journal={Physical Review Research},
  year={2018}
}
We report coincidence measurements of frustrated double ionization of argon atoms with a reaction microscope. Experimental results show electron trap- ping process during double ionization has a clear transition from the nonsequential to the sequential regime. 
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