EXCITATION OF THE CLASSICAL-LIMIT STATE OF AN ATOM

被引：50

作者：

GAETA, ZD

NOEL, MW

STROUD, CR

机构：

[1] Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS | 1994年 / 73卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.636

中图分类号：

O4 [物理学];

学科分类号：

0702 ;

摘要：

We describe a technique designed to excite a classical-limit state of an atom. A picosecond electric field pulse converts a circular state into a Rydberg wave packet which is localized in all three dimensions and travels along a classical Kepler orbit with arbitrary ellipticity.

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页码：636 / 639

页数：4

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