TY - JOUR
T1 - Microwave excitation of rydberg atoms in the presence of noise
AU - Bl̈mel, R.
AU - Graham, R.
AU - Sirko, L.
AU - Smilansky, U.
AU - Walther, H.
AU - Yamada, K.
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - We study theoretically and experimentally the effect of noise on Rydberg atoms passing through a strong coherent microwave field. We derive a master equation containing the coherent field exactly. Its solution reveals the presence of four universal dynamical regimes: (i) an initial classical regime, (ii) a subsequent coherent localized regime, (iii) a transition, induced by the noise, in which coherence and localization are destroyed, and (iv) the final regime, where equidistribution over the quasienergy states is reached.
AB - We study theoretically and experimentally the effect of noise on Rydberg atoms passing through a strong coherent microwave field. We derive a master equation containing the coherent field exactly. Its solution reveals the presence of four universal dynamical regimes: (i) an initial classical regime, (ii) a subsequent coherent localized regime, (iii) a transition, induced by the noise, in which coherence and localization are destroyed, and (iv) the final regime, where equidistribution over the quasienergy states is reached.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.341
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.62.341
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:35949010040
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 62
SP - 341
EP - 344
JO - Physical Review Letters
JF - Physical Review Letters
IS - 4
ER -