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Differential Light Shift Cancellation in a Magnetic-Field-Insensitive Transition of $^{87}$Rb

Quantum Physics 2015-05-20 v1 Atomic Physics

Abstract

We demonstrate near-complete cancellation of the differential light shift of a two-photon magnetic-field-insensitive microwave hyperfine (clock) transition in 87^{87}Rb atoms trapped in an optical lattice. Up to 95(2)95(2)% of the differential light shift is canceled while maintaining magnetic-field insensitivity. This technique should have applications in quantum information and frequency metrology.

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@article{arxiv.1010.1520,
  title  = {Differential Light Shift Cancellation in a Magnetic-Field-Insensitive Transition of $^{87}$Rb},
  author = {R. Chicireanu and K. D. Nelson and S. Olmschenk and N. Lundblad and A. Derevianko and J. V. Porto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.1520},
  year   = {2015}
}

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5 pages, 4 figures