Ultrafast Laser Studies of Molecular Rydberg Wave Packets

Abstract

Wave packet preparation and probing is investigated in molecules, with particular emphasis on the formation of Rydberg wave packets. A new apparatus has been developed to investigate Rydberg state excitation with ultrafast lasers. It consists of an ultrafast laser system, a cw dye laser for launch state preparation, and an electron time of flight spectrometer. Three photon plus one photon two-color photoionization of Kr has been achieved, with apparent resulting Rydberg wave packet signals. A wave packet has been prepared between the F and G electronic states of lithium dimers, which introduces the electronic degree of freedom into rovibrational wave packets in a simple diatomic molecule. This is directed towards quantum information manipulations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 24, 2002
Accession Number
ADA413573

Entities

People

  • Stephen R. Leone

Organizations

  • University of Colorado Boulder

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Detection
  • Dye Lasers
  • Electronic States
  • Electrons
  • Energy
  • Excitation
  • Heat Pipes
  • Ionization
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Lasers
  • Liquid Dye Lasers
  • Molecules
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Information
  • Spectrometers
  • Wave Packets

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science / Meteorology, specifically Wind Wave Turbulence.
  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy
  • Microelectronics
  • Quantum Computing