Factorization of laser pulse ionization probabilities in the multiphotonic regime

DELLA PICCA, RENATA; FIOL, JUAN; FAINSTEIN, PABLO DANIEL

JOURNAL OF PHYSICS B-ATOMIC MOLECULAR AND OPTICAL PHYSICS

IOP PUBLISHING LTD

Lugar: Londres; Año: 2013 vol. 46 p. 175603 - 175603

0953-4075

We present a detailed study of the ionization probability of H and H2+ induced by a short intense laser pulse. Starting from a Coulomb Volkov description of the process we derive a multipole-like expansion where each term is factored into two contributions: one that accounts for the effect of the electromagnetic field on the free-electron final state and a second factor that depends only on the target structure. Such a separation may be valuable to solve complex atomic or molecular systems as well as to interpret the dynamics of the process in simpler terms. We show that the series expansion converges rapidly, and thus the inclusion of the first few terms is sufficient to produce accurate results.