Coherence-preserving trap architecture for long-term control of giant Rydberg atoms
Quantum Physics
2009-11-10 v1
Abstract
We present a way to trap a single Rydberg atom, make it long-lived and preserve an internal coherence over time scales reaching into the minute range. We propose to trap using carefully designed electric fields, to inhibit the spontaneous emission in a non resonant conducting structure and to maintain the internal coherence through a tailoring of the atomic energies using an external microwave field. We thoroughly identify and account for many causes of imperfection in order to verify at each step the realism of our proposal.
Cite
@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0407202,
title = {Coherence-preserving trap architecture for long-term control of giant Rydberg atoms},
author = {Philippe Hyafil and John Mozley and Aurelien Perrin and Julien Tailleur and Gilles Nogues and Michel Brune and Jean-Michel Raimond and Serge Haroche},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0407202},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
accepted for publication in PRL