EXPERIMENTAL-STUDY OF QUANTUM AND CLASSICAL LIMITS IN MICROWAVE IONIZATION OF RUBIDIUM RYDBERG ATOMS

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作者
ARNDT, M
BUCHLEITNER, A
MANTEGNA, RN
WALTHER, H
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[1] MAX PLANCK INST QUANTUM OPT,W-8046 GARCHING,GERMANY
[2] IST FIS,I-90123 PALERMO,ITALY
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.67.2435
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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First experiments are described on the impact of additive noise on the ionization of Rb Rydberg atoms in microwave fields. Dynamical localization and its gradual destruction by noise are observed. The threshold and time dependence of the ionization process are investigated in the presence as well as in the absence of noise. Purely stochastic excitation induces a diffusionlike behavior which might be interpreted as restoration of the classical limit.
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