MULTIPLE TIME SCALES IN THE MICROWAVE IONIZATION OF RYDBERG ATOMS

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作者
BUCHLEITNER, A
DELANDE, D
ZAKRZEWSKI, J
MANTEGNA, RN
ARNDT, M
WALTHER, H
机构
[1] LAB KASTLER BROSSEL,F-75252 PARIS 05,FRANCE
[2] JAGIELLONIAN UNIV,INST PHYS,PL-30059 KRAKOW,POLAND
[3] UNIV PALERMO,DIPARTIMENTO ENERGET & APPLICAZ FIS,I-90128 PALERMO,ITALY
[4] UNIV MUNICH,SEKT PHYS,D-85748 GARCHING,GERMANY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.3818
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O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We investigate the time dependence of the ionization probability of Rydberg atoms driven by microwave fields, both numerically and experimentally. Our exact quantum results provide evidence for an algebraic decay law on suitably chosen time scales, a phenomenon that is considered to be the signature of nonhyperbolic scattering in unbounded classically chaotic motion.
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页码:3818 / 3821
页数:4
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