We describe a new experiment dealing with the multiphoton ionization of metastable atomic hydrogen H(2s). The ion yield has been measured in a relative way but it provides absolute photoionization rates. In the present contribution, the wavelength is tuned in the vicinity of the 2s-3p transition and the laser intensity is in the 10(7)-5 x 10(10) W cm(-2) range. Experimental photoionization rates and resonance width are found to be in agreement with theoretical predictions.
Antoine, P., Essarroukh, N., Jureta, J., Urbain, X., & Brouillard, F. (1996). A measurement of the two-photon ionization of atomic hydrogen H(2s) near the resonance with the 3p state. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 29(22), 5367-5376. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/29/22/014 (Original work published 1996)