for Graduation with Distinction

Single and double ionization of an atom in a strong field has been a forefront problem in atomic physics for many years. The coincidence method, which will be described in this thesis, has been used to study the processes for both single and double ionization. This coincidence method is useful in determining the spectrum due to each signal (single and double ionization). Furthermore, this method can and will be used by the DiMauro group to further investigate the interaction of light and matter. As a result of this project the data collection and analysis tools for the DiMauro group have been revised and updated. This should allow for further advances in strong-field ionization studies. The process of studying these phenomena take a great deal of time, as a result at this current time there is no finalized data to report. However, work is still being done to produce these electron spectra as well as study many things about the spectra which are not currently understood