2021/01/04 by Rohit Prasad Bhatt, Jan Kilinc, Lilo Höcker +1
Chemistry · Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Atom (system on chip) #Atomic physics #Chemical physics #Chemistry #Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates #Computer science #Degenerate energy levels #Dynamics (music) #Molecular dynamics #Physics #Potassium #Quantum #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum mechanics #Sodium #Ultracold atom #cond-mat.quant-gas #physics.atom-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.1038/s41598-022-05778-8
published as Sci Rep 12, 2422 (2022)
arxiv created 2021/01/04 · openalex publication_date 2022/02/14 · arxiv updated 2022/03/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/06
We report on the stochastic dynamics of a few sodium atoms immersed in a cold potassium cloud. The studies are realized in a dual-species magneto-optical trap by continuously monitoring the emitted fluorescence of the two atomic species. We investigate the time evolution of sodium and potassium atoms in a unified statistical language and study the detection limits. We resolve the sodium atom dynamics accurately, which provides a fit free analysis. This work paves the path towards precise statistical studies of the dynamical properties of few atoms immersed in complex quantum environments.