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Quantum phase retrieval of a Rydberg wave packet using a half-cycle pulse

J. Ahn, D. N. Hutchinson, C. Rangan, P. H. Bucksbaum

quant-pharXiv:quant-ph/0009064

Abstract

A terahertz half-cycle pulse was used to retrieve information stored as quantum phase in an N-state Rydberg atom data register. The register was prepared as a wave packet with one state phase-reversed from the others (the "marked bit"). A half-cycle pulse then drove a significant portion of the electron probability into the flipped state via multimode interference.

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