Floquet scattering and classical-quantum correspondence in strong time-periodic fields
Creators
- 1. Center for Studies in Statistical Mechanics and Complex Systems, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas 78212 (United States)
Description
We study the scattering of an electron from a one-dimensional inverted Gaussian atomic potential in the presence of strong time-periodic electric fields. Using Floquet theory, we construct the Floquet scattering matrix in the Kramers-Henneberger frame. We compute the transmission coefficients as a function of electron incident energy and find that they display asymmetric Fano resonances due to the electron interaction with the driving field. We find that the Fano resonances are associated with zero-pole pairs of the Floquet scattering matrix in the complex energy plane. Another way we 'probe' the complex spectrum of the system is by computing the Wigner-Smith delay times. Finally, we find that the eigenphases of the Floquet scattering matrix undergo a number of 'avoided crossings' as a function of electron Floquet energy, and this number increases with increasing strength of the driving field. These 'avoided crossings' appear to be quantum manifestations of the destruction of the constants of motion and the onset of chaos in classical phase space
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevA.65.033405;
- arXiv
- arXiv:physics/0109016v2;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. A
- Journal Volume
- 65
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 033405-033405.15
- ISSN
- 1050-2947
- CODEN
- PLRAAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 36027787
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ASYMMETRY; CHAOS THEORY; EIGENFUNCTIONS; EIGENVALUES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON-ATOM COLLISIONS; ELECTRONS; ENERGY LEVELS; FLOQUET FUNCTION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; PERIODICITY; PHASE SPACE; POLARIZATION; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIALS; RESONANCE; SCATTERING; SPECTRA; SPIN
- Descriptors DEC
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ATOM COLLISIONS; COLLISIONS; ELECTRON COLLISIONS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY; FERMIONS; FUNCTIONS; LEPTONS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATHEMATICS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SPACE; VARIATIONS
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- Notes
- (c) 2002 The American Physical Society