Hyperfine Structure of $nP_{1/2}$ Rydberg States in $^{85}$Rb
Atomic Physics
2022-12-14 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
We measure the hyperfine structure of Rydberg states using mm-wave spectroscopy on an ensemble of laser-cooled Rb atoms. Systematic uncertainties in our measurement from the Zeeman splittings induced by stray magnetic fields and dipole-dipole interactions between two Rydberg atoms are factored in with the obtained statistical uncertainty. Our final measurement of the hyperfine coupling constant is ~GHz. This measurement is useful for studies of long-range Rydberg molecules, Rydberg electrometry, and quantum simulation with dipole-dipole interactions involving atoms.
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@article{arxiv.2207.08582,
title = {Hyperfine Structure of $nP_{1/2}$ Rydberg States in $^{85}$Rb},
author = {Ryan Cardman and Georg Raithel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.08582},
year = {2022}
}