• DocumentCode
    3278019
  • Title

    De-exciting Rydberg atoms using a half-cycle THz pulse train

  • Author

    Mandal, Pankaj K. ; Afrousheh, Kourosh ; Speck, Andrew

  • Author_Institution
    Rowland Inst. at Harvard, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    15-19 Sept. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    1
  • Abstract
    Work is in progress to combine an ultra-cold atom trap and half-cycle THz set-ups. Half-cycle THz pulses generated via exciting a GaAs antenna by a femtosecond laser beam of a Ti:Sapphire oscillator have been characterized in detail. The effect of fiber coupling on THz generation has been studied.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; Rydberg states; atom-photon collisions; gallium arsenide; laser beams; photoexcitation; solid lasers; terahertz wave generation; GaAs antenna; Ti:Sapphire oscillator; de-exciting Rydberg atoms; femtosecond laser beam; fiber coupling; half-cycle Thz pulse train; terahertz generation; ultra-cold atom trap; Atomic beams; Atomic measurements; Electromagnetic coupling; Fiber lasers; Gallium arsenide; Laser beams; Laser excitation; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves, 2008. IRMMW-THz 2008. 33rd International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Pasadena, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2119-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2120-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICIMW.2008.4665697
  • Filename
    4665697