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Phys. Rev. A 64, 037402 (2001) [2 pages]

Reply to “Comment on ‘Photodetachment in combined static and dynamic electric fields’ ”

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A. R. P. Rau
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803

Chitra Rangan
Physics Department, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109

Received 5 April 2001; published 8 August 2001

While distortion of the initial negative-ion state by a strong static electric field can have observable effects, the effect attributed by the authors of the preceding Comment [Phys. Rev. A 64, 037401 (2001)] to a cross term between the detaching laser field and the static field is spurious, an artifact of their procedures. Other points of dispute are also clarified.

© 2001 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.64.037402
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.64.037402
PACS:
32.60.+i, 32.80.Gc

See Also

Original Article: Chitra Rangan and A. R. Rau, Photodetachment in combined static and dynamic electric fields, Phys. Rev. A 61, 033405 (2000).