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Journal Articles Physical Review Letters Year : 2020

Laser Trapping of Circular Rydberg Atoms

Abstract

Rydberg atoms are remarkable tools for quantum simulation and computation. They are the focus of an intense experimental activity, mainly based on low-angular-momentum Rydberg states. Unfortunately, atomic motion and levels lifetime limit the experimental timescale to about 100  μs. Here, we demonstrate two-dimensional laser trapping of long-lived circular Rydberg states for up to 10 ms. Our method is very general and opens many opportunities for quantum technologies with Rydberg atoms. The 10 ms trapping time corresponds to thousands of interaction cycles in a circular-state-based quantum simulator. It is also promising for quantum metrology and quantum information with Rydberg atoms, by bringing atom-field interaction times into unprecedented regimes.
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hal-02874000 , version 1 (18-06-2020)

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R. g. G Cortiñas, M. Favier, B. Ravon, P. Méhaignerie, Y. Machu, et al.. Laser Trapping of Circular Rydberg Atoms. Physical Review Letters, 2020, 124 (12), ⟨10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.123201⟩. ⟨hal-02874000⟩
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