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Multiple Time Scales in the Microwave Ionization of Rydberg Atoms
Jakub ZakrzewskiDominique DelandeMarkus ArndtH. WaltherH. WaltherAndreas BuchleitnerRosario N. Mantegnasubject
PhysicsScatteringIonizationQuantum mechanicsRydberg atomChaoticGeneral Physics and AstronomyPhysics::Atomic PhysicsAtomic physicsAlgebraic numberSignature (topology)QuantumMicrowavedescription
We investigate the time dependence of the ionization probability of Rydberg atoms driven by microwave fields, both numerically and experimentally. Our exact quantum results provide evidence for an algebraic decay law on suitably chosen time scales, a phenomenon that is considered to be the signature of nonhyperbolic scattering in unbounded classically chaotic motion.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-11-20 | Physical Review Letters |