Research Interests:
- relativistic quantum dynamics
- strong field laser matter interaction
- numeric solutions of the Dirac equation
Publications:
Spin in Compton scattering with pronounced polarization dynamics
Sven Ahrens, Chang-Pu Sun
Phys. Rev. A 96, 063407 (2017).
arXiv:1708.09606 [quant-ph]
Electron-spin filter and polarizer in a standing light wave
Sven Ahrens
Phys. Rev. A 96, 052132 (2017)
arXiv:1604.06201 [quant-ph]
Superluminal reflection and transmission of light pulses via resonant four-wave mixing in cesium vapor
Qichang Jiang, Yan Zhang, Dan Wang, Sven Ahrens, Junxiang Zhang, and Shiyao Zhu
Optics Express 24, 24451 (2016).
Simulation of Zitterbewegung by modelling the Dirac equation in Metamaterials
Sven Ahrens, Jun Jiang, Yong Sun, Shi-Yao Zhu
New Journal of Physics 17, 113021 (2015).
arXiv:1505.05140 [quant-ph]
Gravitational and relativistic deflection of X-Ray superradiance
Wen-Te Liao, Sven Ahrens
Nature Photonics 9, 169 (2015).
arXiv:1411.7634 [quant-ph]
Electron-spin dynamics in elliptically polarized light waves
Heiko Bauke, Sven Ahrens, Rainer Grobe
Phys. Rev. A 90, 052101 (2014).
arXiv:1409.2647 [quant-ph]
Electron-spin dynamics induced by photon spins
Heiko Bauke, Sven Ahrens, Christoph H. Keitel, Rainer Grobe
New Journal of Physics 16, 103028 (2014).
arXiv:1401.5976 [quant-ph]
Space-time dynamics of the vacuum's polarization charge density
Andrew T. Steinacher, Jarrett Betke, Sven Ahrens, Qichang Su, and Rainer Grobe
Phys. Rev. A 89, 062106 (2014).
Relativistic spin operators in various electromagnetic environments
Heiko Bauke, Sven Ahrens, Christoph H. Keitel, Rainer Grobe
Phys. Rev. A 89, 052101 (2014).
arXiv:1403.0550 [quant-ph]
What is the relativistic spin operator?
Heiko Bauke, Sven Ahrens, Christoph H. Keitel, Rainer Grobe
New Journal of Physics 16, 043012 (2014).
arXiv:1303.3862 [quant-ph]
The Kapitza-Dirac effect in the relativistic regime
Sven Ahrens, Heiko Bauke, Christoph H. Keitel, Carsten Müller
Phys. Rev. A 88, 012115 (2013).
arXiv:1305.5507 [physics.atom-ph]
Spin Dynamics in the Kapitza-Dirac Effect
Sven Ahrens, Heiko Bauke, Christoph H. Keitel, Carsten Müller
Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 043601 (2012).
arXiv:1204.0239v2 [quant-ph]
PhD Thesis:
Investigation of the Kapitza-Dirac effect in the relativistic regime
Proceedings:
Spin dynamics in relativistic light-matter interaction
Heiko Bauke, Sven Ahrens, Christoph H. Keitel, Rainer Grobe
Proc. SPIE 9515, 95150L (2015).
arXiv:1504.03489 [quant-ph]
Computational relativistic quantum dynamics and its application to relativistic tunneling and Kapitza-Dirac scattering
Heiko Bauke, Michael Klaiber, Enderalp Yakaboylu, Karen Z. Hatsagortsyan, Sven Ahrens, Carsten Müller, Christoph H. Keitel
Proc. SPIE 8780, 87801Q (2013).
arXiv:1306.0702 [quant-ph]
Spin effects in strong-field laser-electron interactions
Sven Ahrens, Tim-Oliver Müller, Selym Villalba-Chávez, Heiko Bauke, Carsten Müller
Journal of Physics: Conference Series 414, 012012 (2013).
