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Quantum States of a Two-Level Atom trapped in a Helical Optical Tube

Quantum Physics 2022-02-08 v1

Abstract

We investigate the quantized states of a two-level Rb atom which is trapped by the optical dipole potential when the atom interacts with a helical optical tube (HOT) light field. The analysis shows that the stationary states can be defined by a triplet of quantum numbers and the corresponding wavefunctions exhibit a twisted, spiral-like 3D spatial shape.

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@article{arxiv.2202.03042,
  title  = {Quantum States of a Two-Level Atom trapped in a Helical Optical Tube},
  author = {V. E. Lembessis and A. Lyras and O. M. Aldossary},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.03042},
  year   = {2022}
}