Quantum-Logic Detection of Chemical Reactions
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2107.08441v1
- Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2021 13:15:49 GMT
- Title: Quantum-Logic Detection of Chemical Reactions
- Authors: Or Katz, Meirav Pinkas, Nitzan Akerman, Roee Ozeri
- Abstract summary: We study the release of hyperfine energy in a reaction between an ultracold rubidium atom and isotopes of singly ionized strontium.
We detect the reaction outcome and measure the reaction rate of the chemistry ion by reading the motional state of a logic ion via quantum logic.
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- Abstract: Studies of chemical reactions by a single pair of atoms in a well defined
quantum state constitute a corner stone in quantum chemistry. Yet, the number
of demonstrated techniques which enable observation and control of a single
chemical reaction is handful. Here we propose and demonstrate a new technique
to study chemical reactions between an ultracold neutral atom and a cold ion
using quantum logic. We experimentally study the release of hyperfine energy in
a reaction between an ultracold rubidium atom and isotopes of singly ionized
strontium for which we do not have experimental control. We detect the reaction
outcome and measure the reaction rate of the chemistry ion by reading the
motional state of a logic ion via quantum logic, in a single shot. Our work
opens new avenues and extends the toolbox of studying chemical reactions, with
existing experimental tools, for all atomic and molecular ions in which direct
laser cooling and state detection are unavailable.
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