title: Navigating localized wave packets in phase space.
abstract: The ability to localize and to steer Rydberg wave packets in phase space using tailored sequences of half-cycle pulses is demonstrated. Classical phase-space portraits are used to explain the method and to illustrate the level of control that can be achieved. This is confirmed experimentally by positioning a phase-space-localized wave packet at the center of a stable island or navigating it around its periphery. This work provides a valuable starting point for further engineering of electronic wave functions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Rice Quantum Institute, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005-1892, USA.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Mestayer
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lancaster
authors.forename: F B
authors.initials: FB
authors.lastname: Dunning
authors.forename: C O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Reinhold
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Burgdörfer