Circular states of atomic hydrogen

Robert Lutwak, Jeffrey Holley, Pin Peter Chang, Scott Paine, Daniel Kleppner, and Theodore Ducas
Phys. Rev. A 56, 1443 – Published 1 August 1997
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Abstract

We describe the creation of circular states of hydrogen by adiabatic transfer of a Rydberg state in crossed electric and magnetic fields, and also by adiabatic passage in a rotating microwave field. The latter method permits rapid switching between the two circular states of a given n manifold. The two methods are demonstrated experimentally, and results are presented of an analysis of the field ionization properties of the circular states. An application for the circular states is illustrated by millimeter-wave resonance in hydrogen of the n=29n=30 transition.

  • Received 21 February 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.56.1443

©1997 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Robert Lutwak, Jeffrey Holley, Pin Peter Chang, Scott Paine, and Daniel Kleppner

  • Department of Physics and Research Laboratory of Electronics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Theodore Ducas

  • Department of Physics, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts 02181

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Vol. 56, Iss. 2 — August 1997

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