Hulet, Randall G.Kleppner, Daniel2015-03-302015-03-301983Hulet, Randall G. and Kleppner, Daniel. "Rydberg Atoms in "Circular" States." <i>Physical Review Letters,</i> 51, no. 16 (1983) American Physical Society: 1430-1433. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.51.1430.https://hdl.handle.net/1911/79432The population of a beam of lithium atoms has been transferred from a low angular momentum Rydberg state to a state with |m|=n−1, with nearly 100% efficiency. Selective field ionization is employed to detect the high |m| state. Transfer occurs by a series of adiabatic rapid passages; it can also occur by a single multiphoton process.engArticle is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use.Journal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.51.1430