Long-time quantum coherence of near-circular wavepackets
S. Yoshida, Carlos O Reinhold, Joachim Burgdörfer +3 more
We demonstrate that the quantum coherence of mesoscopic high- n ( n ∼ 306) Rydberg wavepackets can be maintained for microseconds, i.e. many hundreds of classical orbital periods. The coherence is probed through quantum revivals of the average electron position. A novel hybrid quantum-classical trajectory method is used to simulate the wavepacket dynamics.
Journal of Physics Conference Series•Nov 1, 2009•0 citations