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Annual Meeting Optical Society of America

Two-frequency above-threshold ionization of hydrogenic atoms

L. Wang, Joseph W. Haus, Kazimierz Rza̧żewski

Published Jan 1, 1990• 0 citations
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Abstract

Our previous model of two-frequency above-threshold ionization1,2 is extended to include dipole coupling between an infinite number of continua. The continuum-continuum (C-C) matrix elements are chosen from hydrogenic atom results, and the model is analytically soluble without recourse to the rotating-wave approximation.
DOI
10.1364/oam.1990.thgg4

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