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We present perturbative energy eigenvalues (up to second order) of Coulomb- and harmonic oscillator-type fields within a perturbation scheme. We have the required unperturbed eigenvalues ($E_{n}^{(0)}$) analytically obtained by using…
The order of high harmonics emitted by an atom in an intense laser field is limited by the so-called cutoff frequency. Solving the time-dependent Schr\"odinger equation, we show that this frequency can be increased considerably by a…
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A recent discussion of quantum limitations to the fidelity with which superpositions of internal atomic energy levels can be generated by an applied, quantized, laser pulse is shown to be based on unrealistic physical assumptions. This…
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The physics governing electron acceleration by a relativistically intense laser are not confined to the critical density surface, they also pervade the sub-critical plasma in front of the target. Here, particles can gain many times the…
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The problem of resonant excitation of a harmonic oscillator the energy levels of which are slightly shifted under the action of a random potential is solved. It is shown that, in this case, there exists a threshold magnitude of the exciting…
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In natural and laboratory magnetized plasmas, an equilibrium electric field may exist perpendicular to the background magnetic field. In such a situation all the plasma species experience a common drift and the unperturbed distribution…
We consider a situation in when the interaction of relativistically intense EM waves with an isotropic electron positron plasma takes place, i.e.,we consider short pulse lasers with intensity up to 1021 W/cm2, in which the photon density is…
Coherent control calculations are presented for a spherically symmetric box potential for non-resonant two photon transition probabilities. With the help of a genetic algorithm (GA) the population of the excited states are maximized and…
We investigate theoretically the phase coherence of electron transport in edge states of the integer quantum Hall effect at filling factor $\nu=2$, in the presence of disorder and inter-edge state Coulomb interaction. Within a Fokker-Planck…
We present a quantum-mechanical calculation of positron channeling radiation in a planar harmonic potential, explicitly accounting for the interference between transition amplitudes from different transverse energy levels. Because the…
Coupled oscillators such as lasers, OPO's and BEC polaritons can rapidly and efficiently dissipate into a stable phase locked state that can be mapped onto the minimal energy (ground state) of classical spin Hamiltonians. However, for…