Published December 1994
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Journal article
Distortion of atomic states by time-dependent electric fields. II. Coupling to the continuum
Creators
- 1. Physics Department, Box U-46, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut 06269 (United States)
Description
The previously derived approximation for an atom in time-dependent electric fields [P. Krstic and Y. Hahn, Phys. Rev. A 48, 4515 (1993)] is improved for electric pulses of both short and long duration. The transitions that involve a distorted continuum are studied in detail, and the phenomenon of momentum coherence is shown to greatly enhance the transition amplitudes. A detailed comparison with the recent experiment of Jones, You, and Bucksbaum [Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 1236 (1993)] is presented, where a half-cycle high-power laser pulse was used to ionize Rydberg atoms
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Physical Review. A
- Journal Volume
- 50
- Journal Issue
- 6
- Journal Page Range
- p. 4629-4638.
- ISSN
- 1050-2947
- CODEN
- PLRAAN
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 26027569
- Subject category
- S74: ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS; S70: PLASMA PHYSICS AND FUSION TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ATOMS; AUGMENTATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FLUCTUATIONS; MODULATION; PLASMA; PULSES; RYDBERG STATES; SCHROEDINGER EQUATION; TIME DEPENDENCE; TRANSITION AMPLITUDES
- Descriptors DEC
- AMPLITUDES; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ENERGY LEVELS; EQUATIONS; EXCITED STATES; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; VARIATIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS