The response of quasi-one-dimensional very-high- $n$ Rydberg atoms to a periodic train of short unidirectional electric-field pulses, termed half-cycle pulses (HCPs), is studied at high scaled frequencies. Pronounced nonmonotonic structure in the survival probability is observed as $N$ , the number of HCPs in the train is increased, the survival probability actually increasing with $N$ over certain ranges of $N$ . This behavior is very sensitive to the polarization of the Rydberg states and is explained with the aid of classical simulations.The response of quasi-one-dimensional very-high-$n$ Rydberg atoms to a periodic train of short unidirectional electric-field pulses, termed half-cycle pulses (HCPs), is studied at high scaled frequencies. Pronounced nonmonotonic structure in the survival probability is observed as $N$, the number of HCPs in the train is increased, the survival probability actually increasing with $N$ over certain ranges of $N$. This behavior is very sensitive to the polarization of the Rydberg states and is explained with the aid of classical simulations.

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The response of quasi-one-dimensional very-high-

n

Rydberg atoms to a periodic train of short unidirectional electric-field pulses, termed half-cycle pulses (HCPs), is studied at high scaled frequencies. Pronounced nonmonotonic structure in the survival probability is observed as

N

, the number of HCPs in the train is increased, the survival probability actually increasing with

N

over certain ranges of

N

. This behavior is very sensitive to the polarization of the Rydberg states and is explained with the aid of classical simulations.