Creation of Non-dispersive Bohr-like Wavepackets

Journal Article · Wed Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 2008 · Physical Review A

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.79.033417· OSTI ID:951938

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

---

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

We demonstrate the use of a periodic train of half-cycle pulses to maintain strongly-localized wavepackets in very-high-n (n~300) Rydberg atoms that travel in near circular orbits about the nucleus. This motion can be followed for hundreds of orbital periods and mimics the original Bohr model of the hydrogen atom which envisioned an electron in circular classical orbit about the nucleus.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
• Sponsoring Organization: SC USDOE - Office of Science (SC)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 951938
• Journal Information: Physical Review A, Journal Name: Physical Review A Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 79; ISSN 1050-2947; ISSN PLRAAN
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

08 HYDROGEN
ATOMS
ELECTRONS
HYDROGEN