https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2017-80276-5
Regular Article
Calculations of photoelectron momentum distributions and energy spectra at strong-field multiphoton ionization of sodium*
Institute of Physics, University of Belgrade, P.O. Box 57, 11001 Belgrade, Serbia
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Received: 21 April 2017
Received in final form: 27 May 2017
Published online: 8 August 2017
Abstract
Multiphoton ionization of sodium by a femtosecond laser pulse of 760 nm wavelength and different peak intensities is studied by inspecting the photoelectron angular and momentum distributions and the energy spectra. For this purpose a single-electron model of the atom interacting with the electromagnetic field is used, and the distributions are determined by calculating the evolution of the electron wave function. Beside the most prominent distribution maxima related to the four-photon ionization, the five-photon (above-threshold) ionization peaks are observed. Substructures in the main (nonresonant) maximum in the photoelectron spectra at the four-photon ionization are related to the resonantly enhanced multiphoton ionization via intermediate 4s, 4f, 5p, 5f and 6p states.
Contribution to the Topical Issue “Physics of Ionized Gases (SPIG 2016)”, edited by Goran Poparic, Bratislav Obradovic, Dragana Maric and Aleksandar Milosavljevic.
© EDP Sciences, Società Italiana di Fisica, Springer-Verlag 2017
