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The probability that an-atom of hydrogen, initially in the 5g (m = 4)
state, survives a 90-fs pulse of 620-nm wavelength is calculated both
by direct; integration of the time-dependent Schrodinger equation and
by a Floquet calculation. The two methods give virtually identical res
ults. The survival probability calculated for a one-electron model of
neon, for the same initial state, pulse duration, and wavelength, is i
n fair quantitative agreement with the experimental data of van Druten
er al.