Single and Double Ionization of Atoms and Small Molecules by Short-Pulse Intense Laser Fields

Abstract

Examples of recent calculations for the interaction of intense short-pulse laser fields with (quasi)one- and two-electron atomic (H, He, Li) and molecular (H+2, H2) targets are presented. In light of the often challenging parameter sets chosen in both experiment and other theoretical work, the need to carefully check both the numerical aspects and physical effects such as resonances is emphasized.