Low-frequency ionisation of excited hydrogen atoms: the Floquet picture

Abstract
The general significance of adiabatic motion on quasi-energy surfaces for microwave ionisation of excited hydrogen atoms is investigated. It is shown that non-monotonic structures in the ionisation signal can be traced to near-degeneracies of coarse-grained quasi-energy surfaces of a few effective states. Further experimental implications are discussed.

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