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Relativistic Resonances in Combined Magnetic and Laser Fields

R. E. Wagner, Q. Su, and R. Grobe
Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 3282 – Published 10 April 2000; Erratum Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 5682 (2000)
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Abstract

We propose a mechanism for experimental investigation of relativistic effects in the laser-atom interaction with moderate (nonrelativistic) laser intensities that involves placing the system in a static magnetic field parallel to the laser's magnetic-field component. The resonantly induced relativistic motion of the atomic electron leads to a variety of novel phenomena: a relativistic dephasing leading to a ringlike spatial probability density, a counterintuitive window of relativistically enhanced motion, and a sequence of sawtooth-shaped resonances that may increase the harmonic generation.

  • Received 4 August 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.3282

©2000 American Physical Society

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R. E. Wagner, Q. Su, and R. Grobe

  • Intense Laser Physics Theory Unit and Department of Physics, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois 61790-4560

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Vol. 84, Iss. 15 — 10 April 2000

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