Optical Mixing of Rydberg Angular Momenta

Journal Article · Tue Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1997 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.79.637· OSTI ID:565371

Corless, J D; Stroud, Jr, C R ^[1]

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1. The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627 (United States)

When optical frequency fields are used to couple a ground state to a Rydberg state, the resonant dipole coupling is to a low angular momentum state. Higher angular momentum states are typically thought not to play a role in the excitation. The extremely large dipole matrix elements coupling Rydberg states of the same n but differing l , however, allow optical fields of modest strengths to produce Rabi frequencies larger than optical frequencies. We demonstrate that these optical fields can therefore readily excite the higher angular momentum states, and we examine the consequences of this coupling. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

• OSTI ID: 565371
• Journal Information: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 79; ISSN 0031-9007; ISSN PRLTAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
ANGULAR MOMENTUM
COUPLING
DIPOLES
EXCITATION
FREQUENCY MIXING
GROUND STATES
HYDROGEN
MATRIX ELEMENTS
RYDBERG STATES