THE APPLICATION OF BESSEL DISCRETE VARIABLE REPRESENTATION TO ATOMIC HYDROGEN IN INTENSE LASER FIELDS

The Bessel discrete variable representation (DVR) method is tested to describe the interaction of atomic hydrogen with intense laser fields by numerically solving the time-dependent Schrödinger equation. Using the Bessel functions of the first kind, the singular terms, r-2 or r-1 at the origin, in the kinetic energy operators are analytically solved. As an illustration example, the high-order harmonic generation (HOHG) spectra in atomic hydrogen is calculated in length and acceleration forms. From the numerical results, it is concluded that this simple Bessel DVR may be a useful method for describing the interaction of atomic hydrogen with intense laser fields.