Abstract

In this work, we have experimentally and theoretically investigated the high-lying Rydberg state excitation for noble gas atoms subject to an intense near-infrared laser field. To obtain the signal of these high-lying Rydberg atoms which are further ionized by a constant electric field $({F}_{c})$, coincident detection of the photoelectrons and photoions with well-chosen arrival times is performed. Based on a fitting to the time dependence of the coincidently measured photofragment yields with a semiempirical formula, we can extract a principal quantum number distribution (PQND) of the population of the excited states in a range closely related to the strength of ${F}_{c}$. The extracted valid PQND is in qualitative agreement with a semiclassical model calculation. Our work thus provides a method to extract the PQND and study the ultrafast high-lying Rydberg state excitation.

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