Ponderomotive Optical Lattice for Rydberg Atoms

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Sangit Dutta · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Jeffrey R. Guest · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

D. Feldbaum · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Alisa Walz‐Flannigan · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Georg Raithel · University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

Abstract

We propose to use the ponderomotive energy of Rydberg electrons in standing-wave light fields to form an optical lattice for Rydberg atoms. Application of the Born-Oppenheimer approximation shows that, with readily achievable experimental parameters, atoms in any Rydberg state can be trapped. Realization of this scheme would extend the benefits of atom trapping to highly excited atoms.

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Published in: Physical Review Letters

Volume 85, Issue 26, pp. 5551-5554

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.85.5551

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