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We study theoretically the dipole radiation of a hydrogen atom driven by an intense sub-cycle pulse. The time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation for the system is solved by ab initio calculation to obtain the dipole response. Remarkably, a…

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Cold atomic ensembles offer precise tools for probing near-field interactions, yet experimental data linking atom dynamics to surface-induced forces remains limited. This study investigated the interaction between atoms and a dielectric…

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The stability of annular electromagnetic pumps (EMPs) is investigated through 3D direct numerical simulations. When induction effects dominate dissipative processes, linear induction EMPs become unstable and lead to non-axisymmetric states…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2019-12-16 Paola Rodriguez Imazio , Christophe Gissinger

Photoelectron spectroscopy is a powerful method that provides insight into the quantum mechanical properties of a wide range of systems. The ionized electron wavefunction carries information on the structure of the bound orbital, the ionic…

A theory of weakly-nonlinear low-temperature relaxational absorption of acoustic and electromagnetic waves in dielectric and metallic glasses is developed. Basing upon the model of two-level tunneling systems we show that the nonlinear…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Kirkengen , Yu. M. Galperin

We theoretically study atomic laser-assisted photoelectric emission (LAPE) beyond the electric dipole approximation. We present a theoretical description for first-order nondipole corrections ($O(c^{-1})$ where $c$ is the speed of light) to…

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We report the observation of macroscopic field-free orientation, i.e. more than 73 % of CO molecules pointing in the same direction. This is achieved through an all-optical scheme operating at high particle densities ($>10^{17}$cm$^{-3}$)…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2014-07-09 P. M. Kraus , D. Baykusheva , H. J. Wörner

We investigate the scattering of light by a nonlinear, anisotropic slab under conical incidence and arbitrary polarization, within the framework of Maxwell's equations, where the nonlinearities are described by nonlinear susceptibility…

Optics · Physics 2025-12-22 Jérémy Itier , Gilles Renversez , Frédéric Zolla

The nonlinear response of molecular systems undergoing Markovian stochastic reorientations is calculated up to fifth order in the amplitude of the external field. Time-dependent perturbation theory is used to compute the relevant response…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-10-10 Gregor Diezemann

Recent studies have highlighted the frequent applications of structured light modes in optically pumped atomic magnetometers. In this work, we theoretically explore how a Poincar\'e beam probes an optically polarized atomic medium.…

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Optical pump-THz probe spectroscopy is used to investigate the exciton formation dynamics and its intensity dependence in bulk Ge. Associated with the intra-excitonic 1s-2p transition, the gradual build-up of an absorption peak around 3.1…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-05-03 Markus Stein , Christian Lammers , Phillip Springer , Philipp-Henrik Richter , Stephan W. Koch , Mackillo Kira , Martin Koch

The anisotropic effective mass of electrons is directly measured using time-resolved THz- pump/THz-probe techniques in a n-doped InGaAs semiconductor thin film. A microscopic theory is used to attribute this anisotropy in the THz probe…

Materials Science · Physics 2010-11-16 F. Blanchard , D. Golde , F. H. Su , L. Razzari , G. Sharma , R. Morandotti , T. Ozaki , M. Reid , M. Kira , S. W. Koch , F. A. Hegmann

We consider nonlinear effects in scattering of light by a periodic structure supporting optical bound states in the continuum. In the spectral vicinity of the bound states the scattered electromagnetic field is resonantly enhanced…

Optics · Physics 2019-02-18 Evgeny N. Bulgakov , Dmitrii N. Maksimov

We study ion acceleration mechanisms in laser-plasma interactions using neutron spectroscopy. We consider different types of ion-collision mechanisms in the plasma, which cause the angular anisotropy of the observed neutron spectra. These…

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Entangling microwave and optical photons is one of the promising ways to realize quantum transduction through quantum teleportation. This paper investigates the entanglement of microwave-optical photon pairs generated from an…

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Rydberg-atom ensembles are switched from a weakly- into a strongly-interacting regime via adiabatic transformation of the atoms from an approximately non-polar into a highly dipolar quantum state. The resultant electric dipole-dipole forces…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2016-11-16 N. Thaicharoen , L. F. Gonçalves , G. Raithel

Ultrafast degenerate pump-probe experiments performed on a free standing film of double walled carbon nanotubes near the first metallic transition energy of outer tube show ultrafast ($97 fs$) photobleaching followed by a photo-induced…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 N. Kamaraju , Sunil Kumar , B. Karthikeyan , Alexander Moravsky , R. O. Loutfy , A. K. Sood

We conduct an experimental investigation of nonlinearity management in optics using femtosecond pulses and layered Kerr media consisting of glass and air. By examining the propagation properties over several diffraction lengths, we show…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-11 Martin Centurion , Mason A. Porter , P. G. Kevrekidis , Demetri Psaltis

We consider the two-photon ionization of Hydrogen-like atoms. We find an approximate expression of the long-range phase based on an asymptotic expansion of the continuum eigenfunctions within the Wentzel-Kramers-Brillouin approximation.…

We employ ultrafast pump-probe spectroscopy to directly monitor electron tunneling between discrete orbital states in a pair of spatially separated quantum dots. Immediately after excitation, several peaks are observed in the pump-probe…