Nonhydrogenic Effects in the Deceleration of Rydberg Atoms in Inhomogeneous Electric Fields
The effect of deviation from hydrogenic behavior on the deceleration of Rydberg atoms in inhomogeneous electric fields was analyzed. A particle which was nonpolar in the ground state was electrostatically decelerated. The effect was smaller by a factor of 2 because of adiabatic traversals of avoided...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2004
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| Summary: | The effect of deviation from hydrogenic behavior on the deceleration of Rydberg atoms in inhomogeneous electric fields was analyzed. A particle which was nonpolar in the ground state was electrostatically decelerated. The effect was smaller by a factor of 2 because of adiabatic traversals of avoided crossings. The results show that the measurement of the decay of the Rydberg states at n = 25 sets a limit of ∼ μs to the time available for deceleration. |
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