Open AccessStabilization and structure of wave packets in Rydberg atoms ionized by a strong light field
Author(s) -
M. V. Fedorov,
С. М. Федоров
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.3.000271
Subject(s) - wave packet , photoionization , rydberg formula , physics , rydberg atom , atomic physics , rydberg state , pulse (music) , envelope (radar) , field (mathematics) , ionization , interference (communication) , residual , atom (system on chip) , optics , ion , quantum mechanics , channel (broadcasting) , mathematics , engineering , algorithm , detector , computer science , pure mathematics , telecommunications , radar , electrical engineering , embedded system
New features of the phenomenon of interference stabilization of Rydberg atoms are found to exist. The main of them are: (i) dynamical stabilization, which means that in case of pulses with a smooth envelope the time-dependent residual probability for an atom to survive in bound states remains almost constant in the middle part of a pulse (at the strongest fields); (ii) existence of the strong-field stabilization of the after-pulse residual probability in case of pulses longer than the classical Kepler period; and (iii) pulsation of the time-dependent Rydberg wave packet formed in the process of photoionization.