RUBIDIUM RYDBERG ATOMS IN BICHROMATIC MICROWAVE FIELDS

被引:5
作者
BUCHLEITNER, A
SIRKO, L
WALTHER, H
机构
[1] UNIV MUNICH,SEKT PHYS,W-8046 GARCHING,GERMANY
[2] MAX PLANCK INST QUANTUM OPT,W-8046 GARCHING,GERMANY
[3] POLISH ACAD SCI,INST PHYS,PL-02668 WARSAW,POLAND
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EUROPHYSICS LETTERS | 1991年 / 16卷 / 01期
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10.1209/0295-5075/16/1/007
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
We present first experimental results on the interaction of rubidium Rydberg atoms with bichromatic microwave fields. The experiments are performed in a regime where the effect of localization of the population distribution is observed for purely monochromatic fields. The second frequency leads to a significant destabilization of the population distribution. The experimental observations are compared to theoretical results.
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