Atomic coherence effects in few-cycle pulse induced ionization
Atomic Physics
2017-01-04 v1
Abstract
The interaction of a short, few-cycle light pulse and an atom which is prepared initially in a superposition of two stationary states is shown to exhibit strong signatures of atomic coherence. For a given waveform of the laser pulse, appropriate quantum mechanical relative phase between the constituents of the initial superposition can increase the ionization probability by a factor of three. A similarly strong effect can be observed when the waveform of the ionizing pulse is changed. These results allow for intuitive explanations, which are in agreement with the numerical integration of the time dependent Schr\"{o}dinger equation.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1604.03437,
title = {Atomic coherence effects in few-cycle pulse induced ionization},
author = {Viktor Ayadi and Mihaly G. Benedict and Peter Dombi and Peter Foldi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1604.03437},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
11 pages, 6 figures