"Excitation of the classical-limit state of an atom" by Z. D. Gaeta, Michael W. Noel et al.
 

Document Type

Article

Version

Final Published Version

Publication Title

Physical Review Letters

Volume

73

Publication Date

1994

Abstract

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.

DOI

http://www.optics.rochester.edu/~stroud/publications/gaeta941.pdf

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