Residual Symmetries in the Spectrum of Periodically Driven Alkali Rydberg States

Abstract

We identify a fundamental structure in the spectrum of microwave driven alkali Rydberg states, which highlights the remnants of the Coulomb symmetry in the presence of a non-hydrogenic core. Core-induced corrections with respect to the hydrogen spectrum can be accounted for by a perturbative approach.

arXiv comment7 pages, 2 figures, to be published in Europhysics Letters

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