arXiv · 2308.07191
Optically induced delocalization of electrons bound by attractive potentials
Abstract
Within the Floquet theory of periodically driven quantum systems, we demonstrate that a circularly polarized off-resonant electromagnetic field can destroy the electron states bound by three-dimensional attractive potentials. As a consequence, the optically induced delocalization of bound electrons appears. The effect arises from the changing of topological structure of a potential landscape under a circularly polarized off-resonant electromagnetic field which turns simply connected potentials into doubly connected ones. Possible manifestations of the effect are discussed for conduction electrons in condensed-matter structures.
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O. V. Kibis, M. V. Boev, D. S. Eliseev, V. M. Kovalev. 2023-08-14. Optically induced delocalization of electrons bound by attractive potentials. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.108.l081107
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