Multiphoton Ionization of Atomic Hydrogen in Intense Laser Pulses: The Role of Rydberg States

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Multiphoton ionization (MPI) of atomic hydrogen by intense laser radiation can serve as the simplest test for comparison between experiment and theory. We wish to describe the present state of knowledge.

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Feldmann, D., Rottke, H., Welge, K.H., Wolff-Rottke, B. (1993). Multiphoton Ionization of Atomic Hydrogen in Intense Laser Pulses: The Role of Rydberg States. In: Piraux, B., L’Huillier, A., Rzążewski, K. (eds) Super-Intense Laser-Atom Physics. NATO ASI Series, vol 316. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7963-2_12

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