Controlling the angular momentum composition of a Rydberg electron wave packet
Controlling the angular momentum composition of a Rydberg electron wave packet
Sequences of phase-locked laser pulses have been employed to control the orbital angular momentum character of an electron wave packet, which is initially created from a superposition of s and d Rydberg series. By an intelligent choice of phase, which depends on the excitation energy and the quantum defects, we are able to selectively pump down either all or a fraction of one or other angular momentum component, and by employing multichannel quantum-defect theory we are able to analyze the quantum-state distribution in detail.
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Verlet, J.R.R.
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Stavros, V.G.
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Minns, R.S.
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Fielding, H.H.
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12 December 2002
Verlet, J.R.R.
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Stavros, V.G.
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Minns, R.S.
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Fielding, H.H.
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Verlet, J.R.R., Stavros, V.G., Minns, R.S. and Fielding, H.H.
(2002)
Controlling the angular momentum composition of a Rydberg electron wave packet.
Physical Review Letters, 89 (26), .
(doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.263004).
Abstract
Sequences of phase-locked laser pulses have been employed to control the orbital angular momentum character of an electron wave packet, which is initially created from a superposition of s and d Rydberg series. By an intelligent choice of phase, which depends on the excitation energy and the quantum defects, we are able to selectively pump down either all or a fraction of one or other angular momentum component, and by employing multichannel quantum-defect theory we are able to analyze the quantum-state distribution in detail.
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