ADIABATIC AND DIABATIC EVOLUTION IN THE MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION OF SODIUM

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PAPAIOANNOU, DG [1 ]
GALLAGHER, TF [1 ]
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[1] UNIV VIRGINIA,DEPT PHYS,CHARLOTTESVILLE,VA 22901
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.69.3161
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We have measured the three photon ionization and electron energy spectra of Na from 5-ps laser pulses over the range 16 300 to 17 800 cm-1. Together these measurements suggest that multiphoton ionization can be understood in terms of a Floquet description. Sharp discontinuities in the ionization probability and Rabi splittings in the electron energy spectra are direct consequences of adiabatic and diabatic evolution, respectively, from the initial zero-field ground state.
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