Collectively enhanced resonant photoionization in a multi-atom ensemble
Atomic Physics
2015-05-30 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
Photoionization of an atom via interatomic correlations to N neighboring atoms may be strongly enhanced due to constructive interference of quantum pathways. The ionization proceeds via resonant photoexcitation of a neighbor atom and subsequent interatomic Coulombic decay. The enhancement can scale with N^2, leading to "super-enhanced photoionization".
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@article{arxiv.1109.2739,
title = {Collectively enhanced resonant photoionization in a multi-atom ensemble},
author = {Carsten Müller and Mihai A. Macovei and Alexander B. Voitkiv},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1109.2739},
year = {2015}
}
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4 pages, 2 figures