Chirped-Pulse Millimeter-Wave Spectroscopy of Rydberg-Rydberg Transitions
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Prozument, Kirill
Colombo, Anthony P.
Zhou, Yan
Park, Barratt
Petrovic, Vladimir S.
Coy, Stephen L.
Field, Robert W.
Date Issued
September 2011
Journal
Physical Review Letters
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American Physical Society (APS)
Citation
Prozument, Kirill et al. “Chirped-Pulse Millimeter-Wave Spectroscopy of Rydberg-Rydberg Transitions.” Physical Review Letters 107.14 (2011): n. pag. Web. 9 Feb. 2012. © 2011 American Physical Society
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Abstract
Transitions between Rydberg states of Ca atoms, in a pulsed, supersonic atomic beam, are directly detected by chirped-pulse millimeter-wave spectroscopy. Broadband, high-resolution spectra with accurate relative intensities are recorded instantly. Free induction decay (FID) of atoms, polarized by the chirped pulse, at their Rydberg-Rydberg transition frequencies, is heterodyne detected, averaged in the time domain, and Fourier transformed into the frequency domain. Millimeter-wave transient nutations are observed, and the possibility of FID evolving to superradiance is discussed.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemistry
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https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.143001
