Dressing of ultracold atoms by their Rydberg states in a Ioffe-Pritchard trap

作者:Mayle Michael*; Lesanovsky Igor; Schmelcher Peter
来源:Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics , 2010, 43(15): 155003.
DOI:10.1088/0953-4075/43/15/155003

摘要

We explore how the extraordinary properties of Rydberg atoms can be employed to impact the motion of ultracold ground state atoms. Specifically, we use an off-resonant two-photon laser dressing to map features of the Rydberg states on ground state atoms. It is demonstrated that the interplay between the spatially varying quantization axis of the considered Ioffe-Pritchard field and the fixed polarizations of the laser transitions provides the possibility of substantially manipulating the ground state trapping potential.

  • 出版日期2010-8-14