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Comparison of hydrogen (1s) total ionization probabilities by laser pulses of frequency ω = 0.855 au, for several intensities

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posted on 2013-08-27, 00:00 authored by R Della Picca, J Fiol, P D Fainstein

Figure 4. Comparison of hydrogen (1s) total ionization probabilities by laser pulses of frequency ω = 0.855 au, for several intensities. Lines correspond to full CVA calculations, while symbols were obtained in the first-order DipA.

Abstract

We present a detailed study of the ionization probability of H and H_{2}^{+} induced by a short intense laser pulse. Starting from a Coulomb–Volkov description of the process we derive a multipole-like expansion where each term is factored into two contributions: one that accounts for the effect of the electromagnetic field on the free-electron final state and a second factor that depends only on the target structure. Such a separation may be valuable to solve complex atomic or molecular systems as well as to interpret the dynamics of the process in simpler terms. We show that the series expansion converges rapidly, and thus the inclusion of the first few terms is sufficient to produce accurate results.

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