TY - JOUR KW - non-Palaiseau KW - paper AU - A de Bohan AU - B Piraux AU - L Ponce AU - Richard Taïeb AU - Valérie Véniard AU - Alfred Maquet AB - With the help of a suitably chosen momentum-space analysis, we study some of the basic mechanisms governing the physics of the processes occurring when atoms are submitted to intense infrared laser pulses, with peak intensities 10(14) W cm(-2)less than or equal toI(max)less than or equal to10(15) W cm(-2). This intensity range is especially interesting because two highly nonlinear atomic processes, namely, above threshold ionization and high-order harmonic generation, take place with significant probabilities. Several issues regarding the dynamics of these processes are resolved, with special attention devoted to the mechanism leading to the ejection of the photoelectrons in this intensity range. BT - PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS DA - SEP 9 DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.113002 M1 - 11 N2 - With the help of a suitably chosen momentum-space analysis, we study some of the basic mechanisms governing the physics of the processes occurring when atoms are submitted to intense infrared laser pulses, with peak intensities 10(14) W cm(-2)less than or equal toI(max)less than or equal to10(15) W cm(-2). This intensity range is especially interesting because two highly nonlinear atomic processes, namely, above threshold ionization and high-order harmonic generation, take place with significant probabilities. Several issues regarding the dynamics of these processes are resolved, with special attention devoted to the mechanism leading to the ejection of the photoelectrons in this intensity range. PY - 2002 T2 - PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS TI - Direct and indirect pathways in strong field atomic ionization dynamics VL - 89 SN - 0031-9007 ER -