Observation of fractional revivals in the evolution of a Rydberg atomic wave packet

1991/05/01 by John A. Yeazell, C. R. Stroud · 6 citations
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Spectroscopy and Quantum Chemical Studies

paper · doi:10.1103/physreva.43.5153

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Abstract

Rydberg atomic wave packets have demonstrated striking classical properties. In particular, the wave packets display regions in which they evolve like classical atoms. However, between these regions the wave packet is dispersed and its evolution departs from the classical model. In these nonclassical regions, the wave packet can either be dispersed or coalesced into a number of equally spaced sub-wave-packets. The regions in which the sub-wave-packets appear have come to be known as fractional revivals. This paper reports the observation of these fractional revivals and discusses their implications.

Citations

• Classical and quantum-mechanical dynamics of a quasiclassical state of the hydrogen atom
• Classical periodic motion of atomic-electron wave packets
• Coherence and decay of Rydberg wave Packets

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• Fractional wave-function revivals in the infinite square well
• Excitation of an Atomic Electron to a Coherent Superposition of Macroscopically Distinct States
• Young's Double-Slit Interferometry within an Atom
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• Fractal noise in quantum ballistic and diffusive lattice systems
• Carlos Stroud [wikipedia]