Published July 5, 2000 | Version v1
Journal article

Strong field atomic physics in the mid-infrared

  • 1. Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973 (United States)
  • 2. Research Institute of Industrial Science and Technology, Pohang, 790-300 (Korea, Republic of)
  • 3. SPAM, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, 91191 Gif Sur Yvette (France)
  • 4. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803 (United States)
  • 5. Lund Institute Technology, P.O. Box 118, S-22100 Lund (Sweden)
  • 6. TAMP, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California 94551 (United States)

Description

We examine strong field atomic physics in a wavelength region (3-4 microns) where very little work has previously been done. The soft photon energy allows the exploration of one-electron atoms with low binding energies (alkali metals). We find that photoionization spectra differ from rare gas studies at shorter wavelengths due to more complex ion core potentials. Harmonic generation is studied, and we find that harmonic bandwidths are consistent with theory and the possibility of compression to pulse widths much shorter than that of the driving pulse. Harmonic yields in the visible and UV are sufficient for a complete study of their amplitude and phase characteristics

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
525
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 59-69
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
8. international conference on multiphoton processes
Acronym
ICOMP8
Dates
3-8 Oct 1999
Place
Monterey, CA (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
34070878
Subject category
S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference, Numerical Data
Descriptors DEI
CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EXCITED STATES; HARMONIC GENERATION; LASER RADIATION; MULTI-PHOTON PROCESSES; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTOIONIZATION; PHOTON-ATOM COLLISIONS; RYDBERG STATES; THEORETICAL DATA
Descriptors DEC
ATOM COLLISIONS; COLLISIONS; DATA; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ENERGY LEVELS; EXCITED STATES; FREQUENCY MIXING; INFORMATION; IONIZATION; NUMERICAL DATA; OPTICS; PHOTON COLLISIONS; RADIATIONS

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(c) 2000 American Institute of Physics.