Coherence and decay of Rydberg wave Packets
- 17 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 56 (7), 716-719
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.56.716
Abstract
Calculations are presented that show the response of an atom to a picosecond laser pulse which resonantly excites a manifold of Rydberg states. The coherent atomic state that is produced is of the form of a spatially localized wave packet. The motion, decay, and reformation of the wave packet are described and related to the complicated quantum beat pattern that appears in the subsequent spontaneous decay.Keywords
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