Interaction of a Hydrogen-Like Atom with an Ultrashort Pulse of Electromagnetic Waves

Author: Matveev V. I.   Pashev I. N.  

Publisher: Springer Publishing Company

ISSN: 1064-8887

Source: Russian Physics Journal, Vol.47, Iss.7, 2004-07, pp. : 739-743

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Abstract

In the approximation of sudden perturbations, a solution of the Dirac equation describing the behavior of a hydrogen-like atom interacting with a spatially inhomogeneous ultrashort pulse of electromagnetic waves is derived. As an example, the single-electron inelastic processes accompanying the interaction of ultrashort pulses with hydrogen-like atoms are considered. The method developed here allows the spatial inhomogeneity of the ultrashort pulse of electromagnetic waves to be taken into account.