原子物理
Antihydrogen atoms are confined in an Ioffe trap for 15 to 1000 seconds -- long enough to ensure that they reach their ground state. Though reproducibility challenges remain in making large numbers of cold antiprotons and positrons…
Measurements with a one-electron quantum cyclotron determine the electron magnetic moment, given by $g/2 = 1.001\,159\,652\,180\,73\,(28)\,[0.28~\textrm{ppt}]$, and the fine structure constant,…
A one-electron qubit would offer a new option for quantum information science, including the possibility of extremely long coherence times. One-quantum cyclotron transitions and spin flips have been observed for a single electron in a…
The first one-proton self-excited oscillator (SEO) and one-proton feedback cooling are demonstrated. In a Penning trap with a large magnetic gradient, the SEO frequency is resolved to the high precision needed to detect a one-proton spin…
We propose the scheme of temporal double-slit interferometer to precisely measure the electric field of shaped intense femtosecond laser pulse directly, and apply it to control the electron tunneling wave packets in attosecond precision. By…
In the search for clues to the matter-antimatter puzzle, experiments with atoms or molecules play a particular role. These systems allow measurements with very high precision, as demonstrated by the unprecedented limits down to $10^{-30}$…
The Coriolis force is a significant source of systematic phase errors and dephasing in atom interferometry and is often compensated by counter-rotating the interferometry laser beam against Earth's rotation. We present a novel method for…
The main advantage of an atomic accelerometer when compared to a classical accelerometer is negligible bias drift, allowing for stable long-term measurements, which opens the potential application in navigation. This negligible drift arises…
The magnetic dipole transitions in the homonuclear molecular ion H$_2^+$ are obtained for a wide range of $v$ and $L$, vibrational and total orbital momentum quantum numbers, respectively. Calculations are performed in the nonrelativistic…
The electron's electric dipole moment (eEDM) can be determined by polarizing the spin of an atom or a molecule and then measuring the spin precession frequency in an applied electric field. Radiation is used to polarize the spin and then…
Light-Ion Trap (LIONTRAP), a high-precision Penning-trap mass spectrometer, was used to determine the atomic mass of $^{4}$He. Here, we report a 12 parts-per-trillion measurement of the mass of a $^{4}$He$^{2+}$ ion, $m(^{4}\text{He}^{2+}$)…
Molecules are a powerful platform to probe fundamental symmetry violations beyond the Standard Model, as they offer both large amplification factors and robustness against systematic errors. As experimental sensitivities improve, it is…
We theoretically introduce a scheme to perform Ramsey spectroscopy on a racemic mixture of chiral molecules, simultaneously extracting the transition frequencies of the left- and right-handed molecules, known as enantiomers. By taking the…
We investigate a system composed of an ensemble of room temperature rare-earth ions embedded in a bulk crystal, intrinsically coupled to internal strain via their sensitivity to the surrounding crystal field. We evidence the generation of a…
Recollision processes are fundamental to strong-field physics and attoscience, thus models connecting recolliding trajectories to quantum amplitudes are a crucial part in furthering understanding of these processes. We report developments…
While Anderson is a single-particle wave effect, guaranteeing a single excitation in the system can be challenging. We here tackle this limitation in the context of light localization in three dimensions in disordered cold atom clouds, in…
Atomic accelerometers and gravimeters are usually based on freely-falling atoms in atomic fountains, which not only limits their size, but also their robustness to environmental factors such as tilts, magnetic fields or vibrations. Such…
Studies of chemical reactions by a single pair of atoms in a well defined quantum state constitute a corner stone in quantum chemistry. Yet, the number of demonstrated techniques which enable observation and control of a single chemical…
Photoionization cross sections and rate coefficients have been calculated for all bound vibrational levels of the 1s$\sigma_{\mathrm{g}}$ state of H$_{2}^{+}$, HD$^{+}$, and D$_{2}^{+}$. The Born-Oppenheimer approximation is employed in our…
We designed an FPGA fabric to provide phase modulation techniques to lock lasers to optical frequency references. The method incorporates an active residual-amplitude-modulation (RAM) suppression scheme that relies on complex modulation.…