2017/11/30 by A. G. Boetes, R. V. Skannrup, Rasmus Vestergaard Skannrup +4 · 1 citation
Chemistry · Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research #Atomic physics #Chemistry #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Ion #Ionization #Magnetic field #Magnetic trap #Physics #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum mechanics #Rubidium #Rydberg atom #Rydberg constant #Rydberg formula #Rydberg matter #Rydberg state #Trapping #physics.atom-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physreva.97.013430
published as Phys. Rev. A 97, 013430 (2018)
arxiv created 2018/01/15 · openalex publication_date 2018/01/31 · arxiv updated 2018/02/07 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
We explore the possibility to trap Rydberg atoms in tightly confining magnetic microtraps. The trapping frequencies for Rydberg atoms are expected to be influenced strongly by magnetic-field gradients. We show that there are regimes where Rydberg atoms can be trapped. Moreover, we show that so-called magic trapping conditions can be found for certain states of rubidium, where both Rydberg atoms and ground-state atoms have the same trapping frequencies. Magic trapping is highly beneficial for implementing quantum gate operations that require long operation times.