Ionization¶

Field Ionization¶

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Collisional Ionization¶

Implemented LTE Model: Thomas-Fermi Ionization

In-development: NLTE Models

References¶

[BauerMulser]

D. Bauer and P. Mulser. Exact field ionization rates in the barrier-suppression regime from numerical time-dependent Schrödinger-equation calculations, Physical Review A 59, 569 (1999), https://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.59.569

[Keldysh]

L.V. Keldysh. Ionization in the field of a strong electromagnetic wave, Soviet Physics JETP 20, 1307-1314 (1965), http://jetp.ac.ru/cgi-bin/dn/e_020_05_1307.pdf