Realization of the kicked atom at high scaled frequencies

Journal Article · Wed Mar 15 04:00:00 EST 2006 · Physical Review. A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVA.73.0· OSTI ID:20786957

Reinhold, C O ^[1]; Yoshida, S ^[2]; Burgdoerfer, J ^[2]; Zhao, W; Mestayer, J J; Lancaster, J C; Dunning, F B ^[3]

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1. Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6372 (United States)
2. Institute for Theoretical Physics, Vienna University of Technology, A-1040 Vienna (Austria)
3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, and the Rice Quantum Institute, Rice University, MS 61, 6100 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005-1892 (United States)

The response of quasi-one-dimensional very-high-n Rydberg atoms to a periodic train of short unidirectional electric-field pulses, termed half-cycle pulses (HCPs), is studied at high scaled frequencies. Pronounced nonmonotonic structure in the survival probability is observed as N, the number of HCPs in the train is increased, the survival probability actually increasing with N over certain ranges of N. This behavior is very sensitive to the polarization of the Rydberg states and is explained with the aid of classical simulations.

• OSTI ID: 20786957
• Journal Information: Physical Review. A, Journal Name: Physical Review. A Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 73; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
ATOMS
ELECTRIC FIELDS
ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
PERIODICITY
POLARIZATION
PROBABILITY
PULSES
RYDBERG STATES
SIMULATION