Detailed comparison of above-threshold-ionization spectra from accurate numerical integrations and high-resolution measurements
- 1 September 1999
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 60 (3) , R1771-R1774
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.60.r1771
Abstract
Experimental photoelectron spectra, with high resolution in both kinetic energy and intensity, have been obtained and compared to a high-precision integration of the Schrödinger equation for photoelectron kinetic-energy yields in argon. We find exceptional quantitative agreement between data and calculation over a wide range of kinetic energies and peak laser intensities. In this paper we conclusively show that the single active electron model describes the physics of high-intensity photoionization to a high degree of accuracy. Furthermore, while multiple electrons may be ionized, multielectron effects appear to be completely absent from above-threshold-ionization photoelectron spectra.Keywords
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