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Exponential photonic localization for the hydrogen atom in a monochromatic field

Giulio CasatiDipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, ItalyItalo GuarneriDipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, ItalyDima L. ShepelyanskyDipartimento di Fisica dell'Università, Via Celoria 16, 20133 Milano, Italy

Physical review. A, General physicsjournal1987en

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Abstract

We present theoretical and numerical results showing that the probability distribution on energy levels of highly excited hydrogen atoms produced by a monochromatic field should be exponentially localized in the number of absorbed photons. These results allow for a new interpretation of underthreshold ionization and also for an estimate of the ionization rate.

Topics

Laser-Matter Interactions and Applications Quantum chaos and dynamical systems Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies

Identifiers

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.36.3501

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