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Observation of effects due to an atom's electric quadrupole polarizability

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2005.01957v1
Date: Tue, 5 May 2020 06:02:04 GMT
Title: Observation of effects due to an atom's electric quadrupole polarizability
Authors: Gerard Higgins, Chi Zhang, Fabian Pokorny, Harry Parke, Erik Jansson, Shalina Salim, and Markus Hennrich
Abstract summary: We probe a single atomic ion excited to Rydberg states and confined in the electric fields of a Paul trap. The quadrupolar trapping fields cause atomic energy level shifts and give rise to spectral sidebands.
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License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
Abstract: The response of matter to fields underlies the physical sciences, from particle physics to astrophysics, and from chemistry to biophysics. We observe an atom's response to an electric quadrupole field to second- and higher orders; this arises from the atom's electric quadrupole polarizability and hyperpolarizabilities. We probe a single atomic ion which is excited to Rydberg states and confined in the electric fields of a Paul trap. The quadrupolar trapping fields cause atomic energy level shifts and give rise to spectral sidebands. The observed effects are described well by theory calculations.

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