Abstract
High-angular-momentum Rydberg states have peculiar properties with respect to electric fields. It is shown that Rydberg circular atoms lose their circular character when submitted to a low electric field whose direction varies. The effect is similar to disorientation of a magnetic dipole initially oriented along a magnetic field when the field direction changes too fast. Both effects obey simple classical equations.
© 1987 Optical Society of America
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