Experimental Study of Potassium and Strontium Rydberg Atoms - Chaotic Ionization, Quantum Optical Phenomena and Multiphoton Excitation

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dc.contributor.advisorDunning, F. Barryen_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberKillian, Thomas C.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberBrooks, Philip R.en_US
dc.creatorYe, Shuzhenen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-16T18:06:40Zen_US
dc.date.available2014-10-16T18:06:40Zen_US
dc.date.created2014-05en_US
dc.date.issued2014-04-24en_US
dc.date.submittedMay 2014en_US
dc.date.updated2014-10-16T18:06:54Zen_US
dc.description.abstractVery-high-n (n~300) Rydberg atoms serve as a powerful tool to study chaos and quantum optical phenomena. Measurements using a series of alternating impulsive kicks applied to potassium Rydberg atoms reveal that a phase space geometric structure called the turnstile governs the ionization process. Studies of the excitation spectra for potassium Rydberg atoms in a strong sinusoidal electric drive field in the radio frequency (100-300 MHz) regime, display quantum optical phenomena including electromagnetically induced transparency and Aulter-Townes splitting, and the data are well explained within the framework of Floquet theory. In order to study the strong dipole-dipole interactions between neutral atoms, new experimental techniques have been developed to create high densities of very-high-n (n~300-500) strontium Rydberg atoms using two- and three-photon excitation. The data demonstrate that high densities of strongly-polarized quasi-one-dimensional states can be produced and form the basis for further manipulation of the atomic wave functions. The strontium Rydberg states are modeled using a two-active-electron theory which produces results in good agreement with experimental observations.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationYe, Shuzhen. "Experimental Study of Potassium and Strontium Rydberg Atoms - Chaotic Ionization, Quantum Optical Phenomena and Multiphoton Excitation." (2014) Diss., Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/77585">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/77585</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/77585en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectRydberg atomsen_US
dc.subjectStrontiumen_US
dc.subjectPotassiumen_US
dc.subjectChaotic ionizationen_US
dc.subjectQuantum optical phenomenaen_US
dc.subjectMultiphoton excitationen_US
dc.titleExperimental Study of Potassium and Strontium Rydberg Atoms - Chaotic Ionization, Quantum Optical Phenomena and Multiphoton Excitationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentPhysics and Astronomyen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelDoctoralen_US
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophyen_US
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