RUI: Dynamics and Control of Coherent Processes in Highly Excited States

Colby College, Waterville ME

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Abstract

This RUI project focuses on the study of fundamental problems in strong field coherent control, particularly as applied to ladder systems in Rydberg atoms. Four specific areas are targeted: 1) extensions of stimulated Raman adiabatic passage techniques to three-level systems; 2) the use of chirped pulses for climbing anharmonic ladders; 3) the exploration of the use of feedback-control systems applied to the ladder climbing problem, in particular the robustness of various learning algorithms; and 4) the creation of arbitrary Stark wavepacket states using radiofrequency pulses.