TY - JOUR
T1 - Observation of Ramsey interference in a one-dimensional continuum
T2 - Short-pulse photodetachment in a magnetic field
AU - Yukich, J. N.
AU - Butler, C. T.
AU - Larson, D. J.
PY - 1997/1/1
Y1 - 1997/1/1
N2 - We investigate coherence in near-threshold photodetachment from [Formula Presented] in a magnetic field, using laser pulses much shorter than the cyclotron period of the electron. Illumination of the ions by one pulse creates a wave packet of uniformly spaced cyclotron orbits. A second, identical pulse creates a second wave packet that interferes with the first. The observed interference is similar to but not in complete agreement with a model in which the interference is modulated at the cyclotron frequency. This is an observation of Ramsey interference in a one-dimensional continuum.
AB - We investigate coherence in near-threshold photodetachment from [Formula Presented] in a magnetic field, using laser pulses much shorter than the cyclotron period of the electron. Illumination of the ions by one pulse creates a wave packet of uniformly spaced cyclotron orbits. A second, identical pulse creates a second wave packet that interferes with the first. The observed interference is similar to but not in complete agreement with a model in which the interference is modulated at the cyclotron frequency. This is an observation of Ramsey interference in a one-dimensional continuum.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevA.55.R3303
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevA.55.R3303
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0011503701
SN - 1050-2947
VL - 55
SP - R3303-R3306
JO - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
JF - Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
IS - 5
ER -