Quantum dynamics of a circular Rydberg state in a microwave field
- 29 November 1993
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 71 (22) , 3633-3636
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.71.3633
Abstract
We present the first complete quantum treatment of the ionization of a circular Rydberg state by a linearily polarized microwave field. Experimentally accessible ionization threshold fields as well as the dynamics of the resonance eigenfunctions are investigated, together with a comparison to the behavior of a quasi-one-dimensional state subject to a microwave, and of a circular state in an intense, high frequency laser field.Keywords
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