Comment on ''Three-dimensional kicked hydrogen atom''

Journal Article · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2003 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.68.017401· OSTI ID:20639997

Matos-Abiague, A; Kouzakov, K A ^[1]

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1. Max-Planck Institut fuer Mikrostrukturphysik, Weinberg 2, D-06120 Halle, (Germany)

In a recent paper, Klews and Schweizer [Phys. Rev. A 64, 053403 (2001)] presented a computational method for the three-dimensional propagation of wave packets in the hydrogen atom driven by a train of short unidirectional electric-field pulses. They argued that their computational scheme is valid for an arbitrary value of the pulse strength. We show, however, that such a scheme leads to both mathematical and physical inconsistences when strong pulses are considered, and, consequently, its validity is limited to the case of weak fields. The generalization to the case of an arbitrary pulse strength is also commented.

• OSTI ID: 20639997
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Vol. 68, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.68.017401; (c) 2003 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1050-2947
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ATOMS
ELECTRIC FIELDS
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE
HYDROGEN
PULSES
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
WAVE FUNCTIONS
WAVE PACKETS