PROGRAMMABLE CESIUM RYDBERG WAVE-PACKETS

被引:60
作者
SCHUMACHER, DW
HOOGENRAAD, JH
PINKOS, D
BUCKSBAUM, PH
机构
[1] FOM, INST ATOM & MOLEC PHYS, AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
[2] UNIV MICHIGAN, CTR ULTRAFAST OPT SCI, ANN ARBOR, MI 48109 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1995年 / 52卷 / 06期
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D O I
10.1103/PhysRevA.52.4719
中图分类号
O43 [光学];
学科分类号
070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
We have used amplified, programmable, shaped optical pulses to engineer Rydberg wave packets in cesium. Our apparatus employs a computer-controlled liquid-crystal pulse shaper which could control either the phase or the magnitude of the pulse's spectrum. The shaped optical field was analyzed via cross correlation and frequency-resolved optical gating. The wave-packet evolution was analyzed by monitoring temporal interference via the optical Ramsey method to obtain both auto- and cross-interferograms of the engineered wave packet.
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页码:4719 / 4726
页数:8
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