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Theoretical aspects of three-photon two-color ionization of xenon through ac-stark-shifted resonant rydberg states

Huillier, A. L. LU orcid ; Lompré, L. A. ; Normand, D. ; Tang, X. LU and Lambropoulos, P. (1989) In Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics 6(10). p.1790-1795
Abstract

We present a theoretical analysis of a recent experiment [J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 6, 1513 (1989)] on two-color threephotonionization of Xe through resonant even-parity Rydberg states. We calculate second-order ac-Stark shifts, two-photon Rabi frequencies, and ionization widths by using wave functions obtained from a multichannel quantum-defect-theory analysis of the Rydberg series in Xe. We perform a detailed description of the experiment, usingthe density-matrix formalism, accounting for the temporal and spatial distributions of the laser fields. Theagreement with the experiment is good except for the ac-Stark shift of the Rydberg states, which, in our calculationis close to the ponderomotive energy, whereas in the experiment it is measured... (More)

We present a theoretical analysis of a recent experiment [J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 6, 1513 (1989)] on two-color threephotonionization of Xe through resonant even-parity Rydberg states. We calculate second-order ac-Stark shifts, two-photon Rabi frequencies, and ionization widths by using wave functions obtained from a multichannel quantum-defect-theory analysis of the Rydberg series in Xe. We perform a detailed description of the experiment, usingthe density-matrix formalism, accounting for the temporal and spatial distributions of the laser fields. Theagreement with the experiment is good except for the ac-Stark shift of the Rydberg states, which, in our calculationis close to the ponderomotive energy, whereas in the experiment it is measured to be half of this value.

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  author       = {{Huillier, A. L. and Lompré, L. A. and Normand, D. and Tang, X. and Lambropoulos, P.}},
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  publisher    = {{Optical Society of America}},
  series       = {{Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics}},
  title        = {{Theoretical aspects of three-photon two-color ionization of xenon through ac-stark-shifted resonant rydberg states}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.6.001790}},
  doi          = {{10.1364/JOSAB.6.001790}},
  volume       = {{6}},
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