Probing the Spatial Distribution of High Angular Momentum Rydberg Wave Packets

Journal Article · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 2011 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.84.043412· OSTI ID:1033995

Wyker, B. ^[1]; Ye, S. ^[1]; Dunning, F. B. ^[1]; Yoshida, S. ^[2]; Reinhold, Carlos O ^[3]; Burgdorfer, J. ^[2]

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1. Rice University
2. Vienna University of Technology, Austria
3. ORNL

We demonstrate experimentally and theoretically that the spatial distribution of high-angular-momentum Rydberg wave packets, and thus off-diagonal elements of the density matrix, can be probed in detail through extraction of the moments of the position distribution y ( = 1,2) from quantum beat revivals. Detailed knowledge of the position distribution allows precise manipulation of the wave packet which is demonstrated by the control of its n distribution.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
• Sponsoring Organization: SC USDOE - Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1033995
• Journal Information: Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 84; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
DENSITY MATRIX
DISTRIBUTION
SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION
WAVE PACKETS