COHERENT ELLIPTIC STATES IN LITHIUM

被引:28
作者
MOGENSEN, KS [1 ]
DAY, JC [1 ]
EHRENREICH, T [1 ]
PEDERSEN, EH [1 ]
TAULBJERG, K [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV KENTUCKY, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, LEXINGTON, KY 40506 USA
来源
PHYSICAL REVIEW A | 1995年 / 51卷 / 05期
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10.1103/PhysRevA.51.4038
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O43 [光学];
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070207 ; 0803 ;
摘要
A detailed comparison between experimental lifetimes for Rydberg atoms formed by the adiabatic crossed-field method and corresponding theoretical lifetimes has been performed to document that the crossed-field method indeed may be used to generate and control coherent elliptic states of highly excited Rydberg atoms. It is found that core effects play a negligible role except for states of very high eccentricity. © 1995 The American Physical Society.
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页码:4038 / 4047
页数:10
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