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Title: Dynamical characteristics of Rydberg electrons released by a weak electric field

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden (Germany)
  2. Goethe-Univ., Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
  3. Max-Planck-Institut fur Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden (Germany); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
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This paper discuss the dynamics of ultraslow electrons in the combined potential of an ionic core and a static electric field. With state-of-the-art detection it is possible to create such electrons through strong intense-field photoabsorption and to detect them via high-resolution time-of-flight spectroscopy despite their very low kinetic energy. The characteristic feature of their momentum spectrum, which emerges at the same position for different laser orientations, is derived and could be revealed experimentally with an energy resolution of the order of 1 meV.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515
OSTI ID:
1257734
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-16562; PRLTAO
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 116, Issue 14; ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 19 works
Citation information provided by
Web of Science

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