Quantum phase retrieval of a Rydberg wave packet using a half-cycle pulse

• Published in: Physical review letters Vol. 86; no. 7; p. 1179
• Main Authors: Ahn, J, Hutchinson, D N, Rangan, C, Bucksbaum, P H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 12.02.2001

A terahertz half-cycle pulse was used to retrieve information stored as quantum phase in an N-state Rydberg atom data register. The register was prepared as a wave packet with one state phase reversed from the others (the "marked bit"). A half-cycle pulse then drove a significant portion o...