Exact wave functions for atomic electron interacting with photon fields
Exact wave functions for atomic electron interacting with photon fields
Dong-Sheng Guo1,2()
1. State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China; 2. Permanent address: Department of Physics, Southern University and A&M College, Baton Rouge, LA 70813, USA
Many nonlinear quantum optical physics phenomena need more accurate wave functions and corresponding energy or quasienergy levels to account for. An analytic expression of wave functions with corresponding energy levels for an atomic electron interacting with a photon field is presented as an exact solution to the Schr?dinger-like equation involved with both atomic Coulomb interaction and electron-photon interaction. The solution is a natural generalization of the quantum-field Volkov states for an otherwise free electron interacting with a photon field. The solution shows that an N-level atom in light form stationary states without extra energy splitting in addition to the Floquet mechanism. The treatment developed here with computing codes can be conveniently transferred to quantum optics in classical-field version as research tools to benefit the whole physics community.
. Exact wave functions for atomic electron interacting with photon fields[J]. Frontiers of Physics, 2013, 8(1): 39-43.
Dong-Sheng Guo. Exact wave functions for atomic electron interacting with photon fields. Front. Phys. , 2013, 8(1): 39-43.
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