Artigo Revisado por pares

Isolas in the three-photon optical excitation of a single cyclotron electron

1987; Optica Publishing Group; Volume: 12; Issue: 9 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1364/ol.12.000699

ISSN

1539-4794

Autores

Yujie J. Ding, A. E. Kaplan,

Tópico(s)

Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research

Resumo

We show that sufficiently strong laser beams with two frequencies differing by a cyclotron frequency of a free electron can give rise to strong cyclotron excitation with prohibited and allowed cyclotron orbits as well as to an optical Stark shift. This is due to a combination of relativistic effects and results in multiple isolated branches of excited motion (isolas). The formation of the first three-photon isola, when lambda(cyclotron) approximately 2 mm and lambda(laser) approximately 10 microm, can be observed with the laser power as low as congruent with 10 mW.

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