Adaptive control of quantum phase in Rydberg wave packets

Author

Weinacht, T.C. ; Bucksbaum, P.H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Phys., Michigan Univ., Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

8-8 May 1998

Firstpage

12

Abstract

Summary form only given.We have devised and implemented a method to program quantum phase in Rydberg wave packets. Our method involves several recently developed techniques all acting in concert. Furthermore, the method is quite general: one need not even know the details of the atomic potential or the optical pulse shape in order to construct the desired phase function! This is because the method relies on adaptive feedback of direct phase information from the system. Below we give some details. A regenerative amplifier was seeded by 100-fs pulses from a Ti:sapphire oscillator.

Keywords

Rydberg states; acousto-optical modulation; adaptive control; adaptive optics; quantum optics; 100 fs; 300 muJ; Rydberg wave packets; Ti:sapphire oscillator; acousto optical modulation; adaptive feedback; adaptive quantum phase control; atomic potential; d; direct phase information; fs pulses; optical pulse shape; phase function; quantum phase; regenerative amplifier; Acoustic pulses; Adaptive control; Atom optics; Laser excitation; Optical feedback; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Shape control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Quantum Electronics Conference, 1998. IQEC 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-541-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IQEC.1998.680011

Filename

680011