Measuring molecular electric dipoles using trapped atomic ions and ultrafast laser pulses
Quantum Gases
2015-01-13 v2 Atomic Physics
Quantum Physics
Abstract
We study a hybrid quantum system composed of an ion and an electric dipole. We show how a trapped ion can be used to measure the small electric field generated by a classical dipole. We discuss the application of this scheme to measure the electric dipole moment of cold polar molecules, whose internal state can be controlled with ultrafast laser pulses, by trapping them in the vicinity of a trapped ion.
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@article{arxiv.1306.1416,
title = {Measuring molecular electric dipoles using trapped atomic ions and ultrafast laser pulses},
author = {Jordi Mur-Petit and Juan José García-Ripoll},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.1416},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
13 pages, 6 figures. Substantially modified version, with 4 new appendices; matches published version