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Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics

Coherent control of stepwise and direct multiphoton ionization in the ultrashort pulse regime

Kenichi L. Ishikawa, Kiyoshi Ueda

Published Jan 1, 2006• 0 citations
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Abstract

The height, position, and even spacing of peaks in stepwise and direct multiphoton ionization spectra can be coherently controlled through the time delay or relative phase of two ultrashort laser pulses.
DOI
10.1109/cleo.2006.4628583

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