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Analysis of Multiphoton Transitions within the Two-Level Scheme

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The contribution of a single pair of energy levels to multiphoton absorption under pulsed optical pumping is discussed. A simplified model is proposed to describe multiphoton ionization, which allows approximate estimates of the process rate as a function of system parameters.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The author is grateful to M.V. Fedorov for useful discussions and reference to book [8], where dependence of multiphoton absorption on time evolution of a pump envelope is emphasized.

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Kuznetsova, T.I. Analysis of Multiphoton Transitions within the Two-Level Scheme. Bull. Lebedev Phys. Inst. 49, 440–443 (2022). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068335622120065

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