Resonant phenomena in laser-assisted radiative attachment or recombination

Resonant enhancements are predicted in cross sections σn for laser-assisted radiative attachment or electron–ion recombination accompanied by absorption of n laser photons. These enhancements occur for incoming electron energies at which the electron can be attached or recombined by emitting μ laser photons followed by emission of a spontaneous photon upon absorbing n + μ laser photons. The close similarity between rescattering plateaus in spectra of resonant attachment/recombination and of high-order harmonic generation is shown based on a general parametrization for σn and on numerical results for e−H attachment