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Optimal Stochastic Enhancement of Photoionization

Kamal P. Singh, Jan M. Rost

physics.atom-pharXiv:physics/0612013

Abstract

The effect of noise on the nonlinear photoionization of an atom due to a femtosecond pulse is investigated in the framework of the stochastic Schrödinger equation. A modest amount of white noise results in an enhancement of the net ionization yield by several orders of magnitude, giving rise to a form of quantum stochastic resonance. We demonstrate that this effect is preserved if the white noise is replaced by broadband chaotic light.

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