Melezhik, V.S.; Shadmehri, S. Acceleration of Neutral Atoms by Strong Short-Wavelength Short-Range Electromagnetic Pulses. Photonics2023, 10, 1290.
Melezhik, V.S.; Shadmehri, S. Acceleration of Neutral Atoms by Strong Short-Wavelength Short-Range Electromagnetic Pulses. Photonics 2023, 10, 1290.
Melezhik, V.S.; Shadmehri, S. Acceleration of Neutral Atoms by Strong Short-Wavelength Short-Range Electromagnetic Pulses. Photonics2023, 10, 1290.
Melezhik, V.S.; Shadmehri, S. Acceleration of Neutral Atoms by Strong Short-Wavelength Short-Range Electromagnetic Pulses. Photonics 2023, 10, 1290.
Abstract
Nondipole terms in the atom-laser interaction arising due to the presence of a magnetic component in an electromagnetic wave and its inhomogeneity lead to nonseparability of the center-of-mass (CM) and electron variables in the neutral atom and, as a consequence, to its acceleration. We investigate this effect as well as the accompanying excitation and ionization processes for the hydrogen atom in strong (1012 - 2×1014 W/cm2) linearly polarized short-wavelength (5eV ≲ℏω≲ 27 eV) electromagnetic pulses of about 8 fs duration. The study has been carried out within the framework of a hybrid quantum-quasiclassical approach in which the coupled time-dependent Schrödinger equation for an electron and the classical Hamilton equations for the CM of an atom are simultaneously integrated. Optimal conditions with respect to the frequency and intensity of the electromagnetic wave for the acceleration of atoms without their noticeable ionization are found in the analyzed region.
Keywords
nondipole effects; atomic acceleration; quantum-quasiclassical approach; strong laser field
Subject
Physical Sciences, Atomic and Molecular Physics
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