Quantized Eigenstates of a Classical Particle in a Ponderomotive Potential
The average dynamics of a classical particle under the action of a high-frequency radiation resembles quantum particle motion in a conservative field with an effective de Broglie wavelength ë equal to the particle average displacement on a period of oscillations. In a "quasi-classical" field, with a spatial scale large compared to ë, the guiding center motion is adiabatic. Otherwise, a particle exhibits quantized eigenstates in a ponderomotive potential well, can tunnel through classically forbidden regions and experience reflection from an attractive potential. Discrete energy levels are also found for a "crystal" formed by multiple ponderomotive barriers.
- Research Organization:
- Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH03073
- OSTI ID:
- 836574
- Report Number(s):
- PPPL-4038; TRN: US200717%%129
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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