Tailoring Very-High-n Circular Wavepackets

Journal Article · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 2007 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.78.063413· OSTI ID:947590

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

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

We describe a protocol to generate transiently localized circular wavepackets in very-high-n Rydberg states. These are created from strongly-polarized quasi-one-dimensional Rydberg states by applying a transverse pulsed electric field. The resulting wavepacket becomes transiently localized as the result of focusing and travels in a nearly circular Bohr-like orbit around the nucleus for several orbital periods. The localization properties can be controlled by carefully choosing the shape of the field pulse, in particular, its rise and fall times. Remarkably, the wavepackets exhibit classical revivals after the initial dephasing on time scales shorter than those expected for quantum revivals.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
• Sponsoring Organization: SC USDOE - Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 947590
• Journal Information: Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 78; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
CIRCULAR CONFIGURATION
ELECTRIC FIELDS
FOCUSING
PULSE RISE TIME
RYDBERG STATES
WAVE PACKETS