A theory is given for the spectral profile of the first hydrogen Balmer line when the radiating neutral atom is under influence of both (quasi-) static and harmonically oscillating electric fields. Profiles, measured in a turbulent heating experiment, show a series of intensity maxima on the wings of the Balmer lines. If we assume a model for the spatial distribution of turbulent wave vectors, ...

In nonhydrogenic atoms in a dc electric field, the finite size of the ionic core introduces a coupling between quasibound Stark states that leads to avoided crossings between states that would otherwise cross. Near an avoided crossing, the interacting states may have decay amplitudes that cancel each other, decoupling one of the states from the ionization continuum. This well-known interference...

We have implemented a spectral motional Stark effect diagnostic for spatially localized measurements of magnetic field on the Gas-Dynamic Trap ~GDT! magnetic mirror device. A 7 A, 40 keV diagnostic neutral hydrogen beam was focused to a current density of 0.25 A/cm in the measurement volume, allowing achievement of a radial resolution of 4.5 cm by viewing the beam at 45° with a well-defined lig...

In this work we will introduce quantum dots, wires and wells as nanostructure objects with different dimensionality. We will demonstrate the effect of applied external static electric field on the example of semiconductor quantum wells and the appearance of Stark effect. We will briefly allude to some of the optoelectronic devices using Stark effect. The influence of quantum well concentration ...

The effect of electrostatic shielding of the polarization fields in nanostructures at high carrier densities is studied. A simplified analytical model, employing screened, exponentially decaying polarization potentials, localized at the edges of a QW, is introduced for the ES-shielded quantum confined Stark effect (QCSE). Wave function trapping within the Debye-length edge-potential causes blue...

4-mercaptobenzonitrile (MBN) in self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on Au and Ag electrodes was studied by surface enhanced infrared absorption and Raman spectroscopy, to correlate the nitrile stretching frequency with the local electric field exploiting the vibrational Stark effect (VSE). Using MBN SAMs in different metal/SAM interfaces, we sorted out the main factors controlling the nitrile stre...

The transverse Stark shift of the electronic energy levels in GaAs semiconducting quantum box is investigated by the use of variational solutions to the effective-mass approximation. It is found an interesting phenomenon that the largest Stark shift is obtained for the electric field directed along the diagonal in cross section of a quantum box, while for a rectangular one, the shift reaches pe...

Degenerate perturbation theory is used to study dipole susceptibilities of an excited helium atom in an external electric field. The dependence of the perturbed energy of levels in atoms on fine-structure effects and on the higher-order Stark effect is investigated. Numerical results have been obtained for the (1s3p) P0 and (1s3p) P2 states of helium. The magnitude of the electric field and the...

We present experimental observations of a nonresonant dynamic Stark shift in strongly coupled microcavity quantum well exciton polaritons--a system which provides a rich variety of solid-state collective phenomena. The Stark effect is demonstrated in a GaAs/AlGaAs system at 10 K by femtosecond pump-probe measurements, with the blueshift approaching the meV scale for a pump fluence of 2  mJ cm(-...