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A: Fachverband Atomphysik
A 21: Interaction with Strong or Short Laser Pulses I
A 21.6: Talk
Thursday, March 11, 2010, 15:30–15:45, F 107
Stern-Gerlach type analysis of atoms excited by a strong laser field — •Sebastian Eilzer1, Thomas Nubbemeyer1, Karsten Gorling1, Ulli Eichmann1,2, and Wolfgang Sandner1,2 — 1Max-Born-Institut for Nonlinear Optics und Short Pulse Spectroscopy, Berlin, Germany — 2TU Berlin, Institut für Optik und Atomare Physik, Germany
Excitation of neutral atoms in strong laser fields in the tunnelling regime has recently been investigated [1]. A quantitative explanation of the process has been achieved by considering the ionic Coulomb potential in the three step model [2], which allows for bound trajectories. Based on the direct detection of excited neutral atoms we started a series of Stern-Gerlach type experiments. We placed emphasis on revealing possible spin effects in the interaction with the magnetic component of the strong laser field. We will discuss first experimental results.
Nubbemeyer et al. PRL101 233001(2008)
P.B.Corkum, PRL 71, 1994 (1993)