RESONANT, ELLIPTIC-POLARIZATION CONTROL OF MICROWAVE IONIZATION OF HYDROGEN-ATOMS

Authors
BELLERMANN MRW KOCH PM RICHARDS D
Citation
Mrw. Bellermann et al., RESONANT, ELLIPTIC-POLARIZATION CONTROL OF MICROWAVE IONIZATION OF HYDROGEN-ATOMS, Physical review letters, 78(20), 1997, pp. 3840-3843
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
78
Issue
20
Year of publication
1997
Pages
3840 - 3843
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1997)78:20<3840:RECOMI>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
For certain ranges of the principal quantum number n(0) much greater t han 1 a few units wide, ionization of hydrogen atoms by a 9.904 GHz el ectric field is observed to be extremely sensitive to elliptical polar ization. Classical 3D Monte Carlo calculations quantitatively reproduc e the experimental data. Classical theory shows that the observed sens itivity to elliptical polarization is a resonant effect in this strong ly driven quantal system. The resonant dynamics provides a mechanism f or controlling the ionization.