Laser Trapping of Circular Rydberg Atoms
Atomic Physics
2020-03-25 v1 Quantum Physics
Abstract
Rydberg atoms are remarkable tools for quantum simulation and computation. They are the focus of an intense experimental activity mainly based on low-angular-momentum Rydberg states. Unfortunately, atomic motion and levels lifetime limit the experimental time-scale to about 100s. Here, we demonstrate laser trapping of long-lived circular Rydberg states for up to 10ms. Our method is very general and opens many opportunities for quantum simulation. The 10ms trapping time corresponds to thousands of interaction cycles in a circular-state-based quantum simulator. It is also promising for quantum metrology and quantum information with Rydberg atoms.
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@article{arxiv.1911.02316,
title = {Laser Trapping of Circular Rydberg Atoms},
author = {R. G. Cortiñas and M. Favier and B. Ravon and P. Méhaignerie and Y. Machu and J. M. Raimond and C. Sayrin and M. Brune},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.02316},
year = {2020}
}