Magic polarization for optical trapping of atoms without Stark-induced dephasing
Atomic Physics
2015-06-17 v1
Abstract
We demonstrate that the differential ac-Stark shift of a ground-state hyperfine transition in an optical trap can be eliminated by using properly polarized trapping light. We use the vector polarizability of an alkali-metal atom to produce a polarization-dependent ac-Stark shift that resembles a Zeeman shift. We study a transition from the |2S1/2,F=2,mF=-2> to the |2S1/2,F=1,mF=-1> state of 7Li to observe 0.59+-0.02 Hz linewidth with interrogation time of 2 s and 0.82+-0.06 s coherence time of a superposition state. Implications of the narrow linewidth and the long coherence time for precision spectroscopy and quantum information processing using atoms in an optical lattice are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.1311.1290,
title = {Magic polarization for optical trapping of atoms without Stark-induced dephasing},
author = {Huidong Kim and Hyok Sang Han and D. Cho},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1311.1290},
year = {2015}
}