Rydberg atoms with a reduced sensitivity to dc and low-frequency electric fields

2013/01/17 by L. A. Jones, Lucas Alexander Jones, J. D. Carter +1 · 1 citation
Chemistry · Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic physics #Chemistry #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Dipole #Electric dipole moment #Electric field #Ion #Ionization #Magnetic field #Microwave #Physics #Polarization (electrochemistry) #Polarization density #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum mechanics #Quantum optics and atomic interactions #Rydberg atom #Rydberg formula #Sensitivity (control systems) #Spectroscopy #Stark effect #physics.atom-ph #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.87.023423

published as Phys. Rev. A, v. 87, 023423 (2013) · 5 pages, 5 figures

arxiv created 2013/01/17 · openalex publication_date 2013/02/26 · arxiv updated 2013/03/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

A nonresonant microwave dressing field at 38.465\phantom\rule0.28em0exGHz was used to eliminate the static electric dipole moment difference between the 49s_1/2 and 48s_1/2 Rydberg states of ⁸⁷Rb in dc fields of \ensuremath≈1\phantom\rule0.28em0exV/cm. The reduced susceptibility to electric field fluctuations was measured using two-photon microwave spectroscopy. An anomalous spectral doublet is attributed to polarization ellipticity in the dressing field. The demonstrated ability to inhibit static dipole moment differences, while retaining sensitivity to high frequency fields, is applicable to sensors and/or quantum devices using Rydberg atoms.

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