Abstract
Two- and three-photon detachment rates have been obtained for F- using several expansions in the R-matrix Floquet approach. These rates are compared with other theoretical and experimental results. The use of Hartree-Fock wavefunctions for the ground state of F with addition of continuum electrons does not lead to agreement with experiment for two- and three-photon detachment. By adding correlation terms, agreement with experiment and other theoretical results is improved considerably, demonstrating the importance of electron correlation effects. However, convergence with respect to the wavefunction expansion cannot be established, we also study the intensity dependence of multiphoton detachment rates for F- at the Nd-YAG frequency. Due to the ponderomotive shift the three-photon detachment channel closes at an intensity of 8.5 x 10(11) W cm(-2) and the influence of this channel closure on the multiphoton detachment peaks is illustrated by determining the heights of the excess-photon peaks obtained using a Gaussian laser pulse.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1789-1803 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of Physics B: Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| Publication status | Published - 14 May 2000 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics