Measurement of the Amplitude and Phase of a Sculpted Rydberg Wave Packet
Abstract
We have completely determined the amplitude and phase of a quantum wave packet. The wave packet was shaped using a programmable optical pulse. Phase information comes from analysis of covariant fluctuations due to interference between the wave packet and a well-characterized reference.
- Publication:
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Physical Review Letters
- Pub Date:
- June 1998
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevLett.80.5508
- Bibcode:
- 1998PhRvL..80.5508W