Photoionization of $nS$ and $nD$ Rydberg atoms of Rb and Cs from the near-infrared to the ultraviolet spectral region

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2101.02617v1
• Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2021 16:32:20 GMT
• Title: Photoionization of $nS$ and $nD$ Rydberg atoms of Rb and Cs from the near-infrared to the ultraviolet spectral region
• Authors: Michael A. Viray, Eric Paradis, Georg Raithel
• Abstract summary: We present calculations of the photoionization cross sections of rubidium and cesium Rydberg atoms for light with wavelengths ranging from the infrared to the ultraviolet. The origins of pronounced PI minima are identified by investigating the free-electron wavefunctions.
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• Abstract: We present calculations of the photoionization (PI) cross sections of rubidium and cesium Rydberg atoms for light with wavelengths ranging from the infrared to the ultraviolet, using model potentials from [M. Marinescu, H. R. Sadeghpour, and A. Dalgarno, Phys. Rev. A 49, 982 (1994)]. The origins of pronounced PI minima are identified by investigating the free-electron wavefunctions. These include broad PI minima in the $nS$ to $\epsilon P$ PI channels of both Rb and Cs, with free-electron energy $\epsilon$, which are identified as Cooper minima. Much narrower PI minima in the $nD$ to $\epsilon F$ channels are due to shape resonances of the free-electron states. We describe possible experimental procedures for measuring the PI minima, and we discuss their implications in fundamental atomic physics as well as in practical applications.

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