Physical Review A

Laser-induced collective binding in two-electron systems

H. Klar, P. Zoller, Mikhail Vladimirovich Fedorov

Published Jul 1, 1984• 5 citations

Abstract

Doubly excited states of atoms in an intense laser field can be described approximately within the framework of an adiabatic separation method with the use of hyperspherical coordinates. Under suitable conditions, depending on the zero-field atomic spectrum and on the laser field, new laser-induced two-electron resonances appear.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.30.658

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