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)     

Hydrogen atom in strong magnetic field: a high accurate calculation in spheroidal coordinates

A B-spline-type basis set method for the calculation of hydrogen atom in strong magnetic fields in the frame of spheroidal coordinates has been introduced. High accurate energy levels of hydrogen in the magnetic field, with strength ranging from 0 to 1000 a.u., have been obtained. For the ground state, 1s₀, energies with at least 11 significant digits have been obtained. For the low-lying excited state, 2p₋₁, energies with at least 9 significant digits are obtained. The method has also been applied to the calculation of hydrogen Rydberg states in laboratory magnetic fields. Energy spectra with at least 10 significant digits are presented. A comparison with other results in the literatures has been performed. Our results are comparable to the most accurate one up to date. A possible extension to the cases of parallel and crossed electric and magnetic fields have been discussed.     

Cold atom simulation of interacting relativistic quantum field theories

We demonstrate that Dirac fermions self-interacting or coupled to dynamic scalar fields can emerge in the low energy sector of designed bosonic and fermionic cold atom systems. We illustrate this with two examples defined in two spacetime dimensions. The first one is the self-interacting Thirring model. The second one is a model of Dirac fermions coupled to a dynamic scalar field that gives rise to the Gross-Neveu model. The proposed cold atom experiments can be used to probe spectral or correlation properties of interacting quantum field theories thereby presenting an alternative to lattice gauge theory simulations.     

椭球坐标下求解强磁场中的氢原子

在椭球坐标系下,采用B样条基组方法计算了磁场范围在0-1000 a.u.下氢原子低能态能量以及实验室磁场下(几个特斯拉)氢原子里德堡态的能级,并与文献中的精确结果进行了比较.对1s0态,磁场γ≤100 a.u.时,本文计算结果有12位有效数字的精度,γ=1000 a.u.时有11位有效数字的精度.对2p-1低激发态,γ≤100 a.u.时,能量至少有11位有效数字的精度;γ=1000 a.u.时,有9位有效数字的精度.对原子高激发态,我们计算了实验室磁场下(磁场为4.7特斯拉)氢原子里德堡态(主量子数n=23)的抗磁谱,得到了至少10位有效数字精度的能谱.本文方法既适用于超强磁场下低能态的计算,同样适合原子高里德堡态抗磁谱的计算,为精确计算强磁场下原子能谱提供了一个新的可行方案.此外,讨论了本文方法推广到平行及交叉电磁场下原子能谱计算的可行性.     

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.     

Bremsstrahlung in a strong laser field

We consider the bremsstrahlung of electrons as they collide with ions in a strong laser field. The bremsstrahlung spectrum has been found to be enriched in sufficiently strong fields. Particular attention is given to the coherent bremsstrahlung component. We propose a qualitative model that explains our results. The possibility of experimentally observing the coherent bremsstrahlung component in a strong field is discussed.     

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.     

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)     

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)     

Thermonuclear fusion in a strong laser field

Thermonuclear fusion induced by the irradiation of solid deuterated cluster targets and foils with fields of strong femtosecond and picosecond laser pulses is discussed. The thermonuclear-fusion process D(d, n)³He in a collision of two deuterons at an energy of 50 to 100 keV in a deuterium cluster target irradiated with a strong laser pulse is discussed. A theory of thermonuclear fusion proceeding upon the irradiation of clusters formed by deuterium iodide (DI) molecules with the field of a superintense femtosecond laser pulse is developed. This theory is based on an above-barrier process in which the sequential multiple inner ionization of atomic ions within a cluster is accompanied by field-induced outer ionization. The yield of neutrons from thermonuclear fusion in a deuteron-deuteron collision after the completion of a laser pulse is calculated. The yield of neutrons is determined for the thermonuclear-fusion reaction proceeding in the interaction of an intense picosecond laser pulse with thin TiD₂ foils. A multiple ionization of titanium atoms at the front edge of the laser pulse is considered. The heating of free electron occurs in induced inverse bremsstrahlung in the process of electron scattering on multiply charged titanium ions. The yield of alpha particles in the thermonuclear-fusion reaction involving protons and ¹¹B nuclei that is induced in microdrops by a strong laser field is determined. Experimental data on laser-induced thermonuclear fusion are discussed.     

Molecules in a bicircular strong laser field

Strong-field ionization of nonlinear planar triatomic molecules by a bicircular laser field is analyzed within the improved molecular strong-field approximation. Our calculations include additional interaction between the liberated electrons and atomic or ionic centers of the parent molecular ion. The used bicircular field consists of two counterrotating circularly polarized fields having angular frequencies \(r \omega\) and \(s \omega\), with integer r and s. In the case when the laser-field-polarization plane is parallel to the plane of the considered molecule (example of ozone molecule is analyzed), the corresponding photoelectron spectra are not rotationally symmetric. On the other hand, when these planes are mutually perpendicular, for the \((r\omega ,s\omega )=(\omega ,3\omega )\) bicircular field, the electron spectra satisfy the corresponding rotational symmetries. Analyzing the obtained spectra and the corresponding symmetries, one can extract information about molecular orientation and structure. This technique may also be useful for more complex polyatomic molecules.     

激光场中类氢原子的电离本征值

光场下类氢原子的Schrdinger方程可用缀饰势方法求解.波动方程展开为Floquet分波后,可以得到弱光场或强光场下近似的径向波函数和复的电离本征值,然后计算了共振能量和半宽度.     

The Thomas-Fermi atom in a strong magnetic field: The weak ionization limit

It is proved that the binding energy, radius and chemical potential of the N-electron Thomas-Fermi atom with the nuclear charge Z in a strong magnetic field at q = 1 − N/Z 1 may be expressed as a power series in q^1/3 and In q. The exact values of the first expansion coefficients are found. A comparison with numerical data shows these expansions to be applicable up to q = 0.2.     

Multiphoton (e, 2e) process of hydrogen atom in strong laser field

The dynamics of the electron impact multiphoton ionization of a hydrogen atom in the presence of an intense laser field (e, n γ e) has been studied theoretically for laser polarization parallel (||^l\vert \vert^{l}) and perpendicular (⊥^r) to the incident momentum, with a view to comparing (qualitatively) the results with the recent kinematically complete experiments of H?hr et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 153201 (2005)] for the He target. Significant laser modifications are noted in the present doubly (DDCS) and the fully differential multiphoton cross sections (TDCS) for both the geometries (||^l\vert \vert^{l} and ⊥^r). For most of the explored kinematics (chosen in accordance with the experiment), the present binary peak intensity of the laser-assisted multiphoton TDCS is significantly enhanced with respect to the field free ones, in qualitative agreement with the experiment. Importance of the multiphoton effects is also studied. The multiphoton cross sections in the zeroth order approximation of the ejected electron wavefunction (CV) obeys the Kroll Watson sum rule while it does not hold good in the corresponding first order approximation (MCV).     

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.     

Ionization of lithium in a strong laser field

In this work, we present ab initio computations of the interaction of helium and lithium with a strong laser field. By computing the two-and three-particle wave functions, we retain the full electron correlation and numerically integrate the time-dependent Schrödinger equation (TDSE) restricted to one dimension. The correlated nonsequential double ionization (NSDI) and the sequential double ionization (SDI) is studied. Our results show a clear transition from NSDI to SDI for increasing intensities. The correlated double ionization is found to be sensitive to the spin configuration of the ionized pair. Our model allows us to “measure” two different channels of double ionization (one with both spins aligned and one with spins antialigned).     

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.     

Quantum electron self-interaction in a strong laser field

The quantum state of an electron in a strong laser field is altered if the interaction of the electron with its own electromagnetic field is taken into account. Starting from the Schwinger-Dirac equation, we determine the states of an electron in a plane-wave field with inclusion, at leading order, of its electromagnetic self-interaction. On the one hand, the electron states show a pure quantum contribution to the electron quasimomentum, conceptually different from the conventional classical one arising from the quiver motion of the electron. On the other hand, the electron self-interaction induces a distinct dynamics of the electron spin, whose effects are shown to be measurable in principle with available technology.