Semiclassical approach for solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation in spatially inhomogeneous electromagnetic pulses

Li, Jianxiong; Thumm, Uwe

doi:10.1103/physreva.101.013411

Title: Semiclassical approach for solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation in spatially inhomogeneous electromagnetic pulses

Journal Article · 08 January 2020 · Physical Review A

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.101.013411 · OSTI ID:1800608

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Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States); OSTI
Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)

To solve the time-dependent Schrödinger equation in spatially inhomogeneous pulses of electromagnetic radiation, we propose an iterative semiclassical complex trajectory approach. In numerical applications, we validate this method against ab initio numerical solutions by scrutinizing (a) electronic states in combined Coulomb and spatially homogeneous laser fields and (b) streaked photoemission from hydrogen atoms and plasmonic gold nanospheres. In comparison with streaked photoemission calculations performed in strong-field approximation, in this work we demonstrate the improved reconstruction of the spatially inhomogeneous induced plasmonic infrared field near a nanoparticle surface from streaked photoemission spectra.

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Research Organization:: Kansas State Univ., Manhattan, KS (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); US Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Biosciences Division

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-86ER13491

OSTI ID:: 1800608

Journal Information:: Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 101; ISSN 2469-9926

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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