Document Type
Article
Version
Publisher's PDF
Publication Title
Physical Review A
Volume
66
Publication Date
11-2002
Abstract
We demonstrate that Rydberg atoms can be transferred to states of lower principal quantum number by exposing them to a frequency chirped microwave pulse. Specifically, we have transferred n=75 atoms to n=66 with a 400-ns pulse chirped from 7.8 to 11.8 GHz. In spite of the large number of coupled levels, using a simplified model we can describe the process reasonably well as a sequence of adiabatic rapid passages.
Publisher's Statement
© 2002 by the American Physical Society. The publisher's version of the article can be found at http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.66.053413.
Citation
J. Lambert, M.W. Noel and T.F. Gallagher, Phys. Rev. A 66, 53413 (2002).
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevA.66.053413
