TIME EVOLUTION AND MULTIPHOTON IONIZATION OF RYDBERG WAVEPACKET IN MICROWAVE FIELDS

被引:3
作者
JIANG, TF
CHU, SI
机构
[1] NATL CHIAO TUNG UNIV,INST PHYS,HSINCHU,TAIWAN
[2] UNIV KANSAS,DEPT CHEM,LAWRENCE,KS 66045
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I
10.1016/0009-2614(95)00544-E
中图分类号
O64 [物理化学(理论化学)、化学物理学];
学科分类号
070304 ; 081704 ;
摘要
We present a theoretical study of the time evolution of Rydberg wavepacket, initially localized in radial space and mimicking the classical particle, undergoing microwave multiphoton ionization. The dynamical behavior of the Rydberg wavepacket is found to be different from that of Rydberg atoms initially prepared at given Rydberg eigenstates. It is seen that the Rydberg wavepacket can exhibit collapse and revival behavior in the short time regime. Further, both the microwave ionization rates and the quantum phase space trajectories of the Rydberg wavepackets exhibit qualitatively different behavior in small scaled-frequency (omega(s) (=omega n(0)(3)) << 1.0) and large scaled-frequency (omega(s) greater than or equal to 1.0) regimes.
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页码:278 / 282
页数:5
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