Ionization and stabilization of a two-electron atom in a strong electromagnetic field

Direct numerical simulations are performed to analyze stabilization of a two-electron model atom in a strong electromagnetic field. The system is found to be stabilized with respect to both single and double ionization. By comparing the present results with those concerning stability of one-electron atoms, it is shown that stabilization is due to the formation of a Kramers-Henneberger two-electron atom. Ionization and stabilization characteristics of excited singlet and triplet states of an atomic system are examined.     

Single-photon double ionization of an atom in a strong radiation field

Double ionization is studied by direct numerical integration of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation for a model two-electron system in the field of an electromagnetic wave in the case when the photon energy exceeds the energy required for the removal of both electrons of the atom. The probabilities of single-electron and double ionization are obtained as functions of the radiation intensity. The energy spectra and double pulse distributions of photoelectrons are analyzed. It is shown that single-photon ionization plays a significant role only in the limiting cases of weak and strong fields. The obtained results are used in an analysis of the contributions from different channels to the double-ionization process (in particular, for clarifying the role of the electron-electron interaction). The results of numerical calculations are compared with the analytic model of the phenomenon.     

Nonlinear polarization response of an atomic gas medium in the field of a high-intensity femtosecond laser pulse

Polarization response that appears in silver vapors in the field of a high-intensity femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser has been studied by the direct numerical integration of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation. The regions of applicability have been determined for perturbation theory and the power series expansion of the polarization in the field. The contribution of free electrons to the response at the frequency of the interacting field has been calculated, which is due to the photoionization process and limits the Kerr effect. An important contribution of laser-excited atomic states to nonlinear atomic responses of neutral atoms has been demonstrated.     

会聚线偏振强激光场中氢原子的能态变化

本文研究氢原子在会聚的线偏振强激光场中原子势的变化以及由此而引起的原子能级移位和波函数的空间扩展问题.结果表明,变化后的原子势等价于半径由外场决定而荷电量为核电荷的振荡球壳的势.在此势下,原子能级将变浅和分裂,波函数的空间分布将增大.     

Emergence of a stabilization regime in quantum systems subject to a strong laser field and the Kramers-Henneberger approximation

We use the Kramers-Henneberger approximation to investigate the phenomenon of stabilization of quantum systems with short-range potentials in a strong electromagnetic field. We identify the physical limits imposed on our investigation by the use of this approximation, and the ranges of parameter values of the system and external field that lead to stabilization. We analyze the dependence of the stabilization threshold on the frequency of the laser light. The conclusions obtained from our analytic investigation are confirmed by numerical calculations. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 111, 1194–1206 (April 1997)     

Nonlinear optical response of a dense two-level atom system embedded in a linear dielectric medium

The nonlinear optical (local) response of a dense collection of two-level atoms embedded in a linear dielectric medium is investigated theoretically. The nonlinear response of absorption and dispersion of two-level atoms associated with a weak probe field in the presence of a strong pump field is calculated in terms of the linear response theory. The numerical results show that the absorption and dispersion spectra are different from those in vacua because of the local-field effect enhancement and the local cooperative effect.     

Stabilization of an atom in a strong high-frequency field

The dynamics of a classical model two-electron atom in a strong high-frequency electromagnetic field is investigated by numerical integration. It is found that, with an increase in the field intensity, the system demonstrates enhanced stability with respect to ionization. It is shown that stabilization arises due to the formation of a new object—a Kramers-Henneberger atom.     

Stabilization of an atom in a strong laser field

A quasiresonant laser field initiates the decay of an initially occupied atomic level into the continuum. If the amplitude of the external field is sufficiently high, other atomic levels, not meeting the condition for exact resonance, begin to participate in the atomic dynamics. This phenomenon leads to the stabilization of the atom. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 115, 1236–1242 (April 1999)     

Ionization of a two-electron atom in a strong electromagnetic field

A one-dimensional model of a helium atom in an intense field of a femtosecond electromagnetic pulse has been constructed using the Hartree technique. “Exact” calculations have been compared to the approximations of “frozen” and “passive” electrons. A nonmonotonic dependence of the single-electron ionization probability on the radiation intensity has been detected. Minima in the ionization probability are due to multiphoton resonances between different atomic states due to the dynamic Stark effect. We suggest that the ionization suppression is due to the interference stabilization in this case. Zh. éksp. Teor. Fiz. 112, 470–482 (August 1997)     

Excited hydrogenic atom in a strong low-frequency electromagnetic field

The multiphoton ionization of a bound electron state which is twofold degenerate with respect to its orbital angular momentum is considered in a quasiclassical approximation. It is shown that the ionization probability increases strongly in an intense electromagnetic field, in which nonresonant mixing of the levels forming the degenerate state is significant, in comparison to the case described by the Keldysh formula. It is also shown that such degeneracy leads to a sharp increase in the intensity of the radiation scattered by the bound electron, and the high-frequency cutoff of the emission spectrum is shifted to higher frequencies. Zh. Tekh. Fiz. 69, 15–20 (August 1999)     

Perturbative approach to the hydrogen atom in a strong magnetic field

We consider states of the hydrogen atom with the principal quantum number n≤3 and zero magnetic quantum number in a constant homogeneous magnetic field ?. The perturbation theory series is summed using the Borel transformation and conformal mapping of the Borel variable. Convergence of the approximate energy eigenvalues and their agreement with the corresponding existing results are observed for external fields up to n³?/?₀～5, where ?₀ is the atomic magnetic field. The possibility of restoring the asymptotic behavior of energy levels using perturbation theory coefficients is also discussed.     

Resonance in the polarization spectrum of a two-level atom in a polychromatic field

A numerical solution has been obtained for a two-level atomic system interacting with a 101-component polychromatic field. The analytical method of recurrence relations has confirmed the numerical calculations. The resonance in the polarization spectrum follows the transition frequency.     

Nonlinear emission of semiconductor microcavities in the strong coupling regime

We report on the nonlinear laserlike emission from semiconductor microcavities in the strong coupling regime. Under resonant continuous wave excitation we observe a highly emissive state. The energy, dispersion, and spatial extent of this state is measured and is found to be dispersionless and spatially localized. This state coexists with luminescence that follows the usual cavity-polariton dispersion. It is attributed to the amplification of luminescence by a parametric gain due to cavity-polariton scattering. Despite the resonant excitation at 1.6 K, we observe no sign of Bose-Einstein condensation nor Boser action.     

Coherent response of a semiconductor microcavity in the strong coupling regime

We have studied the coherent dynamics of a semiconductor microcavity by means of interferometric correlation measurements with subpicosecond time resolution in a backscattering geometry. Evidence is brought of the resolution of a homogeneous polariton line in an inhomogeneously broadened exciton system. Surprisingly, photon-like polaritons exhibit an inhomogeneous dephasing. Moreover, we observe an unexpected stationary coherence up to 8 ps for the lower polariton branch close to resonance. All these experimental results are well reproduced within the framework of a linear dispersion theory assuming a coherent superposition of the reflectivity and resonant Rayleigh scattering signals with a well-defined relative phase.     

Stabilization of circular states of the hydrogen atom in a strong field

A solution of the three-dimensional time-dependent Schrödinger equation, describing the ionization dynamics of the hydrogen atom in a circular state in an electromagnetic field, is obtained by direct numerical integration. It is shown that the observed stabilization effect can be interpreted on the basis of the Kramers-Henneberger approach. A simple analytical model is proposed, which qualitatively describes the basic laws of the ionization process under the conditions of the reported calculations and laboratory experiments on ionization of the circular hydrogenlike 5g, m=4 state of the Ne atom.     

Nonlinear two-photon interaction in a strong magnetic field

Sections of nonlinear photon-photon scattering processes and merger of photons in the nucleus (Ze) (Ze) in a strong magnetic field are computed by using a developed two-dimensional formalism. Closed expressions are obtained for the sections with a graphical illustration of the results and they are compared with the case of no external fields.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 6, pp. 16–19, June, 1988.