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We present the experimental realization and characterization of a Ramsey interferometer based on optically trapped ultracold potassium atoms, where one state is continuously coupled by an off-resonant laser field to a highly-excited Rydberg…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2019-02-13 A. Arias , G. Lochead , T. M. Wintermantel , S. Helmrich , S. Whitlock

The energy spread of a focused ion beam causes chromatic aberration that limits the focal spot size and resolution for imaging and fabrication. Ion beams based on photoionization of neutral atoms can have a much smaller energy spread and…

Precise measurement of the particle number, spatial distribution and internal state is fundamental to all proposed experiments with ultracold molecules both in bulk gases and optical lattices. Here, we demonstrate in-situ detection of…

We present a method to control collisions between ultracold neutral atoms in the electronic ground state and trapped ions. During the collision, the neutral atom is resonantly excited by a laser to a low-field-seeking Rydberg state, which…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2020-06-24 Limei Wang , Markus Deiß , Georg Raithel , Johannes Hecker Denschlag

Experimental setups that study laser-cooled ions immersed in baths of ultracold atoms merge the two exciting and well-established fields of quantum gases and trapped ions. These experiments benefit both from the exquisite read-out and…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2022-06-30 Rianne S. Lous , Rene Gerritsma

Photoionization of a cold atomic sample offers intriguing possibilities to observe collective effects at extremely low temperatures. Irradiation of a rubidium condensate and of cold rubidium atoms within a magneto-optical trap with laser…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 D. Ciampini , M. Anderlini , J. H. Müller , F. Fuso , O. Morsch , J. W. Thomsen , E. Arimondo

We present a light field imaging system that captures multiple views of an object with a single shot. The system is designed to maximize the total light collection by accepting a larger solid angle of light than a conventional lens with…

We report on photo ionization of ultracold magnetically trapped Rb atoms on an atom chip. The atoms are trapped at 5 $\mu $K in a strongly anisotropic trap. Through a hole in the chip with a diameter of 150 $\mu $m two laser beams are…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-08-14 S. Kraft , A. Günther , J. Fortágh , C. Zimmermann

A strongly coupled ultracold plasma can be used as an excellent test platform for studying many-body interactions associated with various plasma phenomena. In this paper we discuss an approach that makes possible creation of the…

Recently, Rydberg atom has emerged as an attractive choice to realize quantum sensing of low-frequency electric field. The progress so far has mostly utilized the intensity and phase changes in probe laser and the corresponding detection…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2026-03-11 Ding Wang , Shenchao Jin , Xiayang Fan , Hongjing Li , Jiatian Liu , Jingzheng Huang , Guihua Zeng , Yuan Sun

Rapid progress in atomic, molecular, and optical (AMO) physics techniques enabled the creation of ultracold samples of molecular species and opened opportunities to explore chemistry in the ultralow temperature regime. In particular, both…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2020-05-04 Yu Liu , David D. Grimes , Ming-Guang Hu , Kang-Kuen Ni

Most experiments with ultracold atoms in optical lattices have contact interactions, and therefore operate at high densities of around one atom per site to observe the effect of strong interactions. Strong ranged interactions can be…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-06-06 Daniel Malz , J. Ignacio Cirac

A high-granularity telescope system with a large sensitive area and low material budget has been developed for high-energy heavy ion beam tests. The telescope consists of nine layers of silicon microstrip detectors (SSDs), whose performance…

Optical spectroscopy of molecular radicals is an important tool in physical chemistry, and is a prerequisite for many experiments which use molecules for quantum science and precision measurement. However, even the simplest molecules have…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2025-05-07 Ashay N. Patel , Madison I. Howard , Timothy C. Steimle , Nicholas R. Hutzler

Sufficiently high densities in Bose-Einstein condensates provide favorable conditions for the production of ultralong-range polyatomic molecules consisting of one Rydberg atom and a number of neutral ground state atoms. The chemical binding…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-05-10 Matthew T Eiles , Jesus Perez-Rios , F Robicheaux , Chris H Greene

A high-resolution projection and imaging system for ultracold atoms is implemented using a compound silicon and glass atom chip. The atom chip is metalized to enable magnetic trapping while glass regions enable high numerical aperture…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Evan A. Salim , Seth C. Caliga , Jonathan B. Pfeiffer , Dana Z. Anderson

We report on the implementation of a novel optical setup for generating high-resolution customizable potentials to address ultracold bosonic atoms in two dimensions. Two key features are developed for this purpose. The customizable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-06-15 T. A. Haase , D. H. White , D. J. Brown , I. Herrera , M. D. Hoogerland

The paper reports on a high precision equipment designed to modify over 3-dimensions (3D) by means of high-energy gold ions the local properties of thin and thick films. A target-moving system aimed at creating patterns across the volume is…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-11-11 A. Rovelli , A. Amato , D. Botta , A. Chiodoni , R. Gerbaldo , G. Ghigo , L. Gozzelino , F. Laviano , B. Minetti , E. Mezzetti

The major challenges to fabricate quantum processors and future nano solid state devices are material modification techniques with nanometre resolution and suppression of statistical fluctuations of dopants or qubit carriers. Based on a…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 W. Schnitzler , N. M. Linke , R. Fickler , J. Meijer , F. Schmidt-Kaler , K. Singer

This study explores the excitation and ionization of an atomic beam as a pathway to optimize focused ion beams (FIBs) for high-precision applications. Leveraging the unique advantages of Rydberg excitation followed by field ionization --…