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Chaotic enhancement in microwave ionization of Rydberg atoms

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The microwave ionization of internally chaotic Rydberg atoms is studied analytically and numerically. The internal chaos is induced by magnetic or static electric fields. This leads to a chaotic enhancement of microwave excitation. The dynamical localization theory gives a detailed description of the excitation process even in a regime where up to few thousands photons are required to ionize one atom. Possible laboratory experiments are also discussed.

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  1. International Centre for the Study of Dynamical Systems, Università di Milano, Sede di Como, via Lucini 3, 22100 Como, Italy, , , , , , IT

    G. Benenti & G. Casati

  2. Laboratoire de Physique Quantique (UMR C5626 du CNRS), Université Paul Sabatier, 31062 Toulouse, France, , , , , , FR

    D.L. Shepelyansky

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Received: 20 May 1998 / Revised: 30 October 1998 / Accepted: 17 November 1998

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Benenti, G., Casati, G. & Shepelyansky, D. Chaotic enhancement in microwave ionization of Rydberg atoms. Eur. Phys. J. D 5, 311–326 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100530050261

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