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Physical Review A

Two-color ionization of hydrogen for frequencies in the 2:3 ratio

R. M. Potvliege, Philip H. G. Smith

Published Apr 1, 1994• 29 citations
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Abstract

We present Floquet calculations of the total rate for multiphoton ionization of atomic hydrogen by a coherent superposition of the second and third harmonics of a Nd:YLF (neodymium-doped yttrium-lithium-fluoride) laser field. The total rate depends little on the relative phase of the two fields in the range of intensity considered.
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10.1103/physreva.49.3110

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