Abstract

The Ammosov–Delone–Krainov theory (ADK, [1]) is a wide-spread theory for describing the tunneling ionization of atoms in high light field. It is an important detail of this theory that the ionization probability is determined not only by the exponential factor, but also by the pre-exponential factor which depends upon the electron orbital momentum and magnetic quantum number.

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