Relativistic electron spin motion in cycloatoms

Optics Express

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 51-58

  Su, Q ^a   Peverly, P J ^a   Wagner, R E ^a   Krekora, P ^a,b   Grobe, R ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; LASERS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUANTUM THEORY; RELATIVITY;

CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM PHYSICS; QUANTUM STATES; RELATIVISTIC MOTION; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLING;

ATOMIC PHYSICS;

EID: 0002409526     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.8.000051     Document Type: Conference Paper

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