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Phys. Rev. Lett. 63, 1058–1061 (1989)

Resonantly enhanced above-threshold ionization of helium

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M. D. Perry, A. Szoke, and K. C. Kulander
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Post Office Box 808, L-473, Livermore, California 94550

Received 10 March 1989; published in the issue dated 4 September 1989

The role of multiphoton resonances in the above-threshold ionization of helium at intensities above 1014 W/cm-2 is investigated by both theory and experiment from 280 to 297 nm. Strong enhancement is observed in above-threshold ionization electron spectra and is attributed to five- and six-photon resonances to the 1s2p and 1s3d, respectively. Numerical solution of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation predicts asymmetric resonance profiles with positions and ionization rates which are in good agreement with experiment.

© 1989 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.63.1058
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.63.1058
PACS:
32.80.Rm, 42.50.Hz