A study of above threshold ionization processes in Xenon and Krypton.
01 January 1987
A detailed story of Above Threshold Ionization (ATI) processes in Xenon and Krypton is reported. Using well characterized pulses of 1.06micron and .532micron radiation under carefully controlled experimental conditions, measurements of the energy and direction of photoelectrons from XE and Kr as a function of laser power and polarization were made. Conclusions about the role of ponderomotive potentials in the determination of much of the phenomenology are presented.