Deep Inner-Shell Multiphoton Ionization by Intense X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Pulses

H. Fukuzawa, S. -K. Son, K. Motomura, S. Mondal, K. Nagaya, S. Wada, X. -J. Liu, R. Feifel, T. Tachibana, Y. Ito, M. Kimura, T. Sakai, K. Matsunami, H. Hayashita, J. Kajikawa, Per Johnsson, M. Siano, E. Kukk, B. Rudek, B. ErkL. Foucar, E. Robert, C. Miron, K. Tono, Y. Inubushi, T. Hatsui, M. Yabashi, M. Yao, R. Santra, K. Ueda

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Abstract

We have investigated multiphoton multiple ionization dynamics of xenon atoms using a new x-ray free-electron laser facility, SPring-8 Angstrom Compact free electron LAser (SACLA) in Japan, and identified that Xen+ with n up to 26 is produced at a photon energy of 5.5 keV. The observed high charge states (n >= 24) are produced via five-photon absorption, evidencing the occurrence of multiphoton absorption involving deep inner shells. A newly developed theoretical model, which shows good agreement with the experiment, elucidates the complex pathways of sequential electronic decay cascades accessible in heavy atoms. The present study of heavy-atom ionization dynamics in high-intensity hard-x-ray pulses makes a step forward towards molecular structure determination with x-ray free-electron lasers. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.173005
Original languageEnglish
Article number173005
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume110
Issue number17
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Atom and Molecular Physics and Optics

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