Abstract:We present a complete multiphoton classification of prethreshold structures in measured microwave ionization data of hydrogen Rydberg atoms. We show that fourth-order quasienergy perturbation theory reproduces the locations of prethreshold structures, thus proving that prethreshold structures are a perturbative effect. Additional prethreshold structures are predicted to occur at field and frequency values, to our knowledge, not yet explored experimentally.
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