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Large angular-momentum changing in a short half-cycle pulse interaction with a Rydberg atom
I. BersonsA. Kulshsubject
PhysicsAngular momentumHydrogen-like atomTotal angular momentum quantum numberMonte Carlo methodAngular momentum couplingRydberg atomSemiclassical physicsPhysics::Atomic PhysicsElectronAtomic physicsAtomic and Molecular Physics and Opticsdescription
We show that, in contrast to multiphoton absorption in atoms, the remote region from a nucleus is dominant in the process of a half-cycle pulse interaction with a Rydberg atom, and that this interaction produces a very large change in the angular momentum of the electron. We have found good agreement between classical trajectory Monte Carlo, semiclassical, and quantum-mechanical calculations for the energy distribution of the electron.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-10-01 | Physical Review A |