ATOM-OPTICAL GRATINGS INDUCED BY MULTIPHOTON EXCITATION OF ELECTRONICRYDBERG WAVE-PACKETS

Authors
ALBER G STRUNZ WT
Citation
G. Alber et Wt. Strunz, ATOM-OPTICAL GRATINGS INDUCED BY MULTIPHOTON EXCITATION OF ELECTRONICRYDBERG WAVE-PACKETS, Physical review. A, 50(5), 1994, pp. 180003577-180003580
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
10502947
Volume
50
Issue
5
Year of publication
1994
Pages
180003577 - 180003580
Database
ISI
SICI code
1050-2947(1994)50:5<180003577:AGIBME>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The formation of atom-optical gratings induced by multiphoton excitati on of Rydberg states is discussed for fast atoms. With the help of sem iclassical path-integral methods the correlation between the dynamics of a laser-excited Rydberg electron and the momentum transferred to th e atomic center of mass in a spatially modulated laser field is exhibi ted quantitatively. These types of laser excitation processes might of fer new perspectives for the realization of atomic multiple beam split ters and for atom-lithographic applications.