In this paper we survey recent progress in symplectic algorithms for use in quantum systems in the following topics:Symplectic schemes for solving Hamiltonian systems;Classical trajectories of diatomic systems,model molecule A2B,Hydrogen ion H+2 and elementary atmospheric reaction N(4S)+O2(X 3Σ−g)→NO(X 2Π)+O(3P)calculated by means of Runge-Kutta methods and symplectic methods;the classical dissociation of the HF molecule and classical dynamics of H+2 in an intense laser field;the symplectic form and symplectic-scheme shooting method for the time-independent Schr¨odinger equation;the computation of continuum eigenfunction of the Schr¨odinger equation;asymptotic boundary conditions for solving the time-dependent Schr¨odinger equation of an atom in an intense laser field;symplectic discretization based on asymptotic boundary condition and the numerical eigenfunction expansion;and applications in computing multi-photon ionization,above-threshold ionization,Rabbi oscillation and high-order harmonic generation of laser-atom interaction.
