Single atom Rydberg excitation in a small dipole trap

doi:10.1364/OE.17.022898

Single atom Rydberg excitation in a small dipole trap

Zhanchun Zuo, Miho Fukusen, Yoshihiro Tamaki, Tomoki Watanabe, Yusuke Nakagawa, and Ken'ichi Nakagawa »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 17, Issue 25, pp. 22898-22905 (2009)
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Abstract

We have realized a single atom trap using a magneto-optical trap (MOT) with a high magnetic field gradient and a small optical dipole trap. Using this trap, we demonstrate the excitation to a highly excited Rydberg state (n=43) with a single Rubidium atom.

OCIS Codes
(300.6210) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, atomic
(020.1335) Atomic and molecular physics : Atom optics
(020.3320) Atomic and molecular physics : Laser cooling

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Atomic and Molecular Physics

History
Original Manuscript: October 22, 2009
Revised Manuscript: November 25, 2009
Manuscript Accepted: November 25, 2009
Published: November 30, 2009

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Zhanchun Zuo, Miho Fukusen, Yoshihiro Tamaki, Tomoki Watanabe, Yusuke Nakagawa, and Ken'ichi Nakagawa, "Single atom Rydberg excitation in a small dipole trap," Opt. Express 17, 22898-22905 (2009)
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Kuhr, S.
Kurtsiefer, C.
Lamare, M.
Lance, A. M.
Lenhard, K.
Lukin, M. D.
Madsen, L. B.
Mandel, O.
Marion, H.
Mercier, R.
Meschede, D.
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Mølmer, K.
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Protsenko, I.
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Reetz-Lamour, M.
Reick, S.
Reymond, G.
Rolston, S. L.
Rom, T.
Saffman, M.
Sasada, H.
Saucke, K.
Sch¨orner, K.
Schlosser, N.
Schrader, D.
Shimizu, Y.
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Sortais, Y. R. P.
Torii, Y.
Toschek, P. E.
Tuchendler, C.
Urban, E.
Viteau, M.
Volz, J.
Walker, T. G.
Weber, M.
Weidem¨uller, M.
Weinfurter, H.
Widera, A.
Wilk, T.
Yavuz, D. D.
Zoller, P.

Nature

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Phys. Rev. A

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Phys. Rev. Lett.

A. K. Mohapatra, T. R. Jackson, and C. S. Adams, "Coherent optical detection of highly excited Rydberg states using Electromagnetically Induced Transparency," Phys. Rev. Lett. 98,113003 (2007). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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D. Schrader, I. Dotsenko, M. Khudaverdyan, Y. Miroshnychenko, A. Rauschenbeutel, and D. Meschede, "Neutral atom quantum register," Phys. Rev. Lett. 93,150501 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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