Analysis of multiphoton ionization of metal atoms in the saturation regime using subpicosecond KrF laser pulses

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 3836-3848

  Witzel, B ^a   Uiterwaal, C J G J ^a   Schroder H ^a   Charalambidis, D ^b,c   Kompa, K L ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

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EID: 0007908799     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.58.3836     Document Type: Article

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