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Spectrum emitted by a trapped electron

Franco PersicoGianfranco OrlandoPietro Paolo CorsoEmilio Fiordilino

subject

Statistics and ProbabilityPhysicsField (physics)Nuclear TheoryStatistical and Nonlinear PhysicsElectronHomonuclear moleculeDegree of ionizationIonizationHarmonicsHigh harmonic generationhomonuclear molecule laser fieldAtomic physicsWave functionMathematical Physics

description

We study the behaviour of a homonuclear molecule driven by an intense laser field. Newton's laws are used to describe the dynamics of nuclei while the quantal approach is reserved to the study of the electron. It is observed that the nuclei can oscillate or dissociate according to the degree of ionization of the molecule. In case of low ionization rate it is shown that great amount of information can be obtained by using the simplified approaches of fixed nuclei and of two-state approximation. Under suitable conditions the electron wave function spends a long time localized around one nucleus. The harmonic generation of the molecule is studied and seen to contain even harmonics.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2007-06-01
http://hdl.handle.net/10447/20388