Resonant above-threshold ionization at quantized laser intensities

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作者
Gao, J [1 ]
Guo, DS
Wu, YS
机构
[1] Univ Illinois, Dept Elect Engn, Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[2] So Univ & A&M Coll, Dept Phys, Baton Rouge, LA 70813 USA
[3] Inst Adv Study, Sch Nat Sci, Princeton, NJ 08540 USA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 2000年 / 61卷 / 04期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.61.043406
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O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We argue that quantum electrodynamics dictates resonance phenomena in multiphoton processes as the laser intensity varies. (-)A(-) perturbation theory is developed in which the coupling between an electron and the second quantized laser mode is treated nonperturbatively. As an example, we predict that the above-threshold ionization rate can exhibit resonance at intensities with integer ponderomotive parameter. Such quantum effects may be exploited to calibrate laser intensities.
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