CREATING AND PROBING COHERENT ATOMIC STATES

Authors
REINHOLD CO BURGDORFER J FREY MT DUNNING FB
Citation
Co. Reinhold et al., CREATING AND PROBING COHERENT ATOMIC STATES, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 132(2), 1997, pp. 316-325
Citations number
42
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Nuclear","Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms → ACNP
ISSN journal
0168583X
Volume
132
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
316 - 325
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-583X(1997)132:2<316:CAPCAS>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We present a brief review of recent experimental and theoretical time- resolved studies of the evolution of atomic wavepackets, in particular , wavepackets comprising a superposition of very-high-lying Rydberg st ates that are created either using a short half-cycle pulse (HCP) or b y rapid application of a DC field. The properties of the wavepackets a re probed using a second HCP that is applied following a variable time delay and which ionizes a fraction of the atoms, much like a passing- by ion in atomic collisions. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science B.V.