An efficient quantum mechanical method for the electronic dynamics of the three-dimensional hydrogen atom interacting with a linearly polarized strong laser pulse

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 148-159

  Kono, Hirohiko ^a   Kita, Akihisa ^a   Ohtsuki, Yukiyoshi ^a   Fujimura, Yuichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOM LASERS; ATOMS; HYDROGEN; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLARIZATION; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

CO-ORDINATE SYSTEM; CONDITION; CYLINDRICAL COORDINATE SYSTEMS; DIFFERENTIAL OPERATORS; ELECTRONIC DYNAMICS; ELECTRONIC WAVE PACKETS; HYDROGEN ATOMS; LINEARLY POLARIZED; QUANTUM MECHANICAL METHOD; SINGULAR POINTS;

HAMILTONIANS;

EID: 0030640655     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.1996.5588     Document Type: Article

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