NONDISPERSIVE ELECTRONIC WAVE-PACKETS IN MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES

被引:67
作者
BUCHLEITNER, A [1 ]
DELANDE, D [1 ]
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[1] KASTLER BROSSEL LAB, F-75252 PARIS 05, FRANCE
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.75.1487
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We describe how the nonlinear coupling between the unperturbed Coulomb motion of a Rydberg electron and a linearly polarized microwave field may create an electronic wave packet of almost ''eternal'' lifetime, evolving according to the classical equations of motion without dispersion. This new quantum object owes its existence to the underlying mixed regular chaotic structure of classical phase space and is experimentally accessible.
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页码:1487 / 1490
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