C.O. Reinhold, J. Burgdorfer, R.R. Jones, C. Raman, and P.H. Bucksbaum
Abstract:We study the time dependence of the ionization of Stark Rydberg states of hydrogen subject to half-cycle electromagnetic pulses. We find that the quantum ionization probability for the most 'blue-shifted' state exhibits a purely clsassical oscillating pattern as a function of time whose frequency is associated with the perturbed orbital frequency of the electron. We show that these oscillations could be observed experimentally when a scaled-time analysis of ionization data for hydrogen is employed. Our calculations are compared with experimental data for Sodium.
Status: Published, J. Phys. B 28, L457 (1995)
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