B. Chang et al., CLOSED-FORM SOLUTIONS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF IONS IN THE COLLISIONLESSIONIZATION OF GASES BY INTENSE LASERS, Physical review. A, 47(5), 1993, pp. 4193-4203
We derive in closed form the solutions to the rate equations for seque
ntial field ionization of gases by a focused laser beam. We obtain the
low-intensity and the high-intensity limits of the ion yield for each
charge state produced by the laser pulse. Furthermore we derive the s
caling laws for the appearance intensity and the saturation intensity
of the ion yield. We find that the appearance intensity depends not on
ly on the binding energy of the ionized electron but also on the quant
um numbers of the shell from which the electron ionizes. We interpret
this dependence on the quantum number to be the species dependence in
the appearance intensities discussed by Meyerhofer and co-workers [Phy
s. Rev. Lett. 63, 2212 (1989)]. Formulas for five ionization models ar
e presented.