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Laser‐induced continuum structure in multiphoton ionization spectroscopy

Piers Coleman, P. L. Knight, Keith R. Burnett

Published Jan 1, 1982• 0 citations
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Abstract

We report non‐preturbative results on multiphoton transiton and up‐conversion enhancement by dressing photoionisation continua using radiative interaction analogous to configuration interaction in autoionisation.
DOI
10.1063/1.33731

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