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Tunneling and above-barrier ionization of atoms in a laser radiation field

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Calculations are made of the energy and angular distributions of photoelectrons during tunneling ionization of an atom or an ion under the action of high-power laser radiation (for all values of the Keldysh parameter γ). Cases of linear, circular, and elliptic polarizations of the electromagnetic wave are considered. The probability of above-barrier ionization of hydrogen atoms in a low-frequency

laser field is calculated. Formulas are given for the momentum spectrum of the electrons when an atomic level is ionized by a general type of alternating electric field (for the case of linear polarization). An analysis is made of tunneling interference in the energy spectrum of the photoelectrons. Analytic approximations are discussed for the asymptotic coefficient C κ of the atomic wave function at infinity (for s-wave electrons).

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Translated from Zhurnal Éksperimental’no\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) i Teoretichesko\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l}\) Fiziki, Vol. 118, No. 1, 2000, pp. 56–76.

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Popov, V.S. Tunneling and above-barrier ionization of atoms in a laser radiation field. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 91, 48–66 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1307233

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