N J Kylstra et al 1995 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 28 L685 doi:10.1088/0953-4075/28/22/002
N J Kylstra, M Dorr, C J Joachain and P G Burke
Show affiliationsWe present non-perturbative ab initio calculations of resonant two-photon ionization in which the ground state of a complex atom is resonantly coupled by a laser field to two Rydberg states, each of which belongs to a different Rydberg series. As an example, we have studied the resonant two-photon ionization of neon via the 5s and 4d Rydberg states using the R-matrix-Floquet theory. We find that for weak fields, where the Rydberg states are not overlapping, interference effects are already present which lead to a suppression of ionization for a particular laser frequency. For strong fields, the field induced coupling between the two Rydberg states can strongly modify the weak-field behaviour. We give a qualitative explanation of these phenomena by considering the dressed states of a simple three-level model atom coupled to two continua. Finally we show, by varying the intensity, how the Floquet eigenstates corresponding to the ground state and the two Rydberg states of neon are adiabatically connected to the field-free states.
32.80.Rm Multiphoton ionization and excitation to highly excited states
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N J Kylstra et al 1995 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 28 L685
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