Coherent time evolution of highly excited Rydberg states in pulsed electric field: Opening a stringent way to selectively field-ionize the highly excited states
M. Tada, Y. Kishimoto, I. Ogawa, H. Funahashi, K. Yamamoto, S. Matsuki
Abstract
Coherent time evolution of highly excited Rydberg states in Rb (98 < n < 150) under pulsed electric field in high slew-rate regime was investigated with the field ionization detection. The electric field necessary to ionize the Rydberg states was found to take discrete values successively depending on the slew rate. Specifically the slew-rate dependence of the ionization field varies with the quantum defect value of the states, i.e. with the energy position of the states relative to the adjacent manifold. This discrete transitional behavior of the ionization field observed for the first time is considered to be a manifestation of the strong coherence effect in the time evolution of the Rydberg states in pulsed electric field and opens a new effective way to stringently select a low-l state from the nearby states by field ionization.
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