Erratum: Vibrationally Autoionizing Rydberg Wave Packets in NO [Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 2552 (1999)]

Stavros, Vasilios G.; Ramswell, J. A.; Smith, R. A. L.; Verlet, Jan R. R.; Lei, J.; Fielding, Helen H.

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“…Our work on electron wave packets in molecules [11][12][13] reveals a more complex picture. We have observed plateaus in plots of the period of motion of a molecular Rydberg wave packet as a function of the average principal quantum number in the superposition.…”

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The role of phase in molecular Rydberg wave packet dynamics

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The Journal of Chemical Physics

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The dynamics of Rydberg wave packets in NO are investigated in the regime where the electronic period is comparable with the rotational motion of the molecular ion core. The presence of a rotating molecular core manifests itself in the wave packet dynamics as a series of peaks separated by the rotational beat period T Rot , but offset by ⌬T Rot , where ⌬ is the difference in quantum defect between the two dominant Rydberg series in the superposition. We rationalize this by treating the dynamics of a wave packet created from a coherent superposition of two interleaved Rydberg series as two separate electron wave packets, which interfere with one another when they overlap spatially. There is a periodic phase difference between the two wave packets that depends on the rotational energy of the core in each Rydberg series and also on the quantum defects. The resulting interference pattern in the Rydberg population manifests itself as peaks in the wave packet spectrum at the stroboscopic period.

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The role of phase in molecular Rydberg wave packet dynamics

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“…We reported the first experimental observation of a Rydberg wave packet in a molecule just over three years ago. 23,24 Electron wave packets were created in NO using resonanceenhanced multiphoton excitation via a well-defined rotational level of the A-state, allowing some control over the core rotational angular momentum and the electronic orbital angular momentum of the Rydberg wave packet system. The A 2 S + state is the lowest Rydberg state (3ss) and its spectroscopy is very well characterised.…”

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“…However, despite this seemingly atomic behaviour, when the measured orbit periods are plotted as a function of the excitation energy it becomes apparent that there are deviations from hydrogenic behaviour. 23,24,26 These deviations have since been explained in terms of interferences between the various electronic and molecular motions within the molecule. 27 These interference effects can be described quite nicely by analogy with Young's classic double slit experiment.…”

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“…21,22 On the other hand, investigation of both electronic and nuclear motion in Rydberg molecules has only recently begun to receive attention. [23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31] Rydberg wave packets in small molecular systems exhibit many of the dynamical complications found in large ' chemical ' molecules, for example, the high density of rovibronic energy levels with combined non-adiabatic couplings and competing discrete-continuum interactions of various sorts. There are already excellent reviews of molecular Rydberg states, 32 and their importance in ZEKE spectroscopy.…”

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Rydberg wave packets in molecules

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Fielding

2003

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“…Since the first observations of electron wave packets in atoms [1], and more recently in molecules [2], there has been an increasing interest in controlling the dynamics of these simple systems. Molecular dynamics [3] and even biological systems [4] can be controlled by optimizing laser field parameters such as phase, amplitude, and intensity of the spectral components in a self-learning feedback loop [5].…”

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Controlling the Angular Momentum Composition of a Rydberg Electron Wave Packet

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Sequences of phase-locked laser pulses have been employed to control the orbital angular momentum character of an electron wave packet, which is initially created from a superposition of s and d Rydberg series. By an intelligent choice of phase, which depends on the excitation energy and the quantum defects, we are able to selectively pump down either all or a fraction of one or other angular momentum component, and by employing multichannel quantum-defect theory we are able to analyze the quantum-state distribution in detail.

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Erratum: Vibrationally Autoionizing Rydberg Wave Packets in NO [Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 2552 (1999)]

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The role of phase in molecular Rydberg wave packet dynamics

The role of phase in molecular Rydberg wave packet dynamics

Rydberg wave packets in molecules

Controlling the Angular Momentum Composition of a Rydberg Electron Wave Packet

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