Beyond (1D + time) dynamics in the microwave ionization of excited H atoms: Surprises from experiments with collinear static and linearly polarized electric fields

Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena

Volumn 131, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 90-109

  Koch, P M ^a   Galvez, E J ^a,b   Zelazny, S A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Language and Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

Atoms in strong fields; Multiphoton resonances; Rydberg atoms; Wave packets

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039843135     PISSN: 01672789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2789(98)00222-X     Document Type: Article

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