Theory of resonant multiphoton processes
- 1 May 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review A
- Vol. 9 (5), 1769-1775
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.9.1769
Abstract
The present paper applies the method of high-intensity quantum electrodynamics developed earlier to several problems of current experimental interest. In this paper the intensitydependent shifts and widths of atomic levels are calculated and applied to a given transition near resonance. The technique is demonstrated with three examples: the multiphoton ionization of atomic cesium and hydrogen in atomic beams and third-harmonic production in an atomic vapor. It is found that the multiphoton-ionization rate in a relatively weak laser beam (of order W/) is determined by the intensity-dependent level width ( configuration) as well as the interference of the fine-structure states, and that the rates for hydrogen, in a much more intense beam (of order W/) are determined by both the intensity-dependent widths and shifts a well as the wave-function renormalization constants. The agreement of these two examples of calculations with the experiments done recently is satisfactory. For third-harmonic production the role of two-photon resonance is emphasized, and the dependence of the generated third-harmonic intensity on the intensity and frequency of the fundamental is discussed. Near resonance, the ratio of third-harmonic intensity to fundamental intensity saturates.
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