Experimental observation of carrier-envelope-phase effects by multicycle pulses

Pankaj K. Jha, Yuri V. Rostovtsev, Hebin Li, Vladimir A. Sautenkov, Marlan O. Scully

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Abstract

We present an experimental and theoretical study of carrier-envelope-phase (CEP) effects on the population transfer between two bound atomic states interacting with pulses consisting of many cycles. Using intense radio-frequency pulse with Rabi frequency of the order of the atomic transition frequency, we investigate the influence of the CEP on the control of phase-dependent multiphoton transitions between the Zeeman sublevels of the ground state of Rb87. Our scheme has no limitation on the duration of the pulses. Extending the CEP control to longer pulses creates interesting possibilities to generate pulses with accuracy that is better than the period of optical oscillations.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number033404
JournalPhysical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume83
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 10 2011
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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