Circular states of atomic hydrogen

Journal Article · Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.56.1443· OSTI ID:528053

Lutwak, R; Holley, J; Chang, P P; Paine, S; Kleppner, D ^[1]; Ducas, T ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 (United States)
2. Department of Physics, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts 02181 (United States)

We describe the creation of circular states of hydrogen by adiabatic transfer of a Rydberg state in crossed electric and magnetic fields, and also by adiabatic passage in a rotating microwave field. The latter method permits rapid switching between the two circular states of a given n manifold. The two methods are demonstrated experimentally, and results are presented of an analysis of the field ionization properties of the circular states. An application for the circular states is illustrated by millimeter-wave resonance in hydrogen of the n=29{r_arrow}n=30 transition. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

• OSTI ID: 528053
• Journal Information: Physical Review A, Vol. 56, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
HYDROGEN
RYDBERG STATES
MICROWAVE RADIATION
RESONANCE
CROSSED FIELDS
ELECTRIC FIELDS
MAGNETIC FIELDS
IONIZATION
ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE
PHOTON-ATOM COLLISIONS