100-photon microwave ionization of Rydberg atoms in a static electric field

被引:6
作者
Benenti, G
Casati, G
Shepelyansky, DL
机构
[1] Int Ctr Study Dynam Syst, I-22100 Como, Italy
[2] Ist Nazl Fis Mat, Unit Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[3] Ist Nazl Fis Mat, Sez Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy
[4] Univ Toulouse 3, Phys Quant Lab, CNRS, UMR C5626, F-31062 Toulouse, France
[5] Budker Inst Nucl Phys, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1998年 / 57卷 / 03期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.57.1987
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We present analytical and numerical results for the microwave excitation of nonhydrogenic atoms in a static electric field when up to 1000 photons are required to ionize an atom. For small microwave fields, dynamical localization in photon number leads to exponentially small ionization while above quantum delocalization border ionization goes in a diffusive way. For alkali-metal atoms in a static field the ionization border is much lower than in hydrogen due to internal chaos.
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页码:1987 / 1991
页数:5
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