SUPPRESSION OF LASER-INDUCED COLLISIONAL AUTOIONIZATION THROUGH ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY

Authors
BUFFA R
Citation
R. Buffa, SUPPRESSION OF LASER-INDUCED COLLISIONAL AUTOIONIZATION THROUGH ELECTROMAGNETICALLY INDUCED TRANSPARENCY, Physical review. A, 53(1), 1996, pp. 607-610
Citations number
33
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
53
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
607 - 610
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1996)53:1<607:SOLCAT>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
The effect of electromagnetically induced transparency on laser-induce d collisional autoionization is investigated. The process, occurring o nly during atomic collisions and transient in nature, is characterized by the formation of a quasimolecule that can be ionized through the e xcitation to a pair of interfering dressed states decaying into the sa me continuum of ionization. Ionization suppression of the order of 70% is predicted for dressing laser intensities of the order of a few ten s of MW/cm(2).