Document Type
Article
Department/Program
Physics
Journal Title
Physical Review A
Pub Date
9-1993
Publisher
American Physical Society
Volume
48
Issue
3
First Page
2117
Abstract
Measurements have been made of the absorption spectrum of Ba from the 6s6p 1P1 level to states near the ionization threshold in parallel electric and magnetic fields. The absorption spectrum shows oscillations superposed on a smooth background. Each oscillation is correlated with a closed orbit of the electron. At strong electric fields, trajectories are regular, and closed orbits form orderly patterns. For weak electric fields, trajectories are chaotic, and many more closed orbits are present. Many of these are produced by bifurcations as the electric field is reduced.
Recommended Citation
Mao, J. M.; Rapelje, K. A.; Blodgett-Ford, S. J.; Delos, John B.; König, A.; and Rinneberg, H., Photoabsorption Spectra of Atoms in Parallel Electric and Magnetic Fields (1993). Physical Review A, 48(3), 2117-2126.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.48.2117
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.48.2117
