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The process of resonant multiphoton ionization of a hydrogen atom in the ground 1s state is studied by direct numerical integration of the nonstationary Schrödinger equation for a quantum system in an electromagnetic field. The dependence of photoionization probability on the radiation intensity is found to be nonmonotonic. It is established that the minima of ionization correspond to multiphoton resonances between the ground state and one of the excited (Rydberg) atomic states perturbed by the laser field. It is shown that ionization is suppressed due to rearrangement of Rydberg states in a strong electromagnetic field and is accompanied by efficient Raman Λ transitions, which connect a set of closely lying Rydberg states via the continuum.
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Translated from Optika i Spektroskopiya, Vol. 88, No. 1, 2000, pp. 5–11.
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Volkova, E.A., Popov, A.M. & Tikhonova, O.V. Resonant multiphoton ionization of the 1s state of a hydrogen atom in a strong laser field. Opt. Spectrosc. 88, 1–6 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.626736
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