State-insensitive wavelengths for light shifts and photon scattering from Zeeman states

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2312.08370v2
• Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2024 20:44:30 GMT
• Title: State-insensitive wavelengths for light shifts and photon scattering from Zeeman states
• Authors: Stuart J. Masson, Zhenjie Yan, Jacquelyn Ho, Yue-Hui Lu, Dan M. Stamper-Kurn, Ana Asenjo-Garcia,
• Abstract summary: We analyze off-resonant light scattering including the full hyperfine and magnetic structure. We find a set of frequency detunings where the induced atomic dipole is the same irrespective of the Zeeman state. This feature prevents state decoherence due to light scattering, which impacts quantum optics experiments and quantum information applications.
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• Abstract: Atoms are not two-level systems, and their rich internal structure often leads to complex phenomena in the presence of light. Here, we analyze off-resonant light scattering including the full hyperfine and magnetic structure. We find a set of frequency detunings where the induced atomic dipole is the same irrespective of the Zeeman state, and where two-photon transitions that alter the atomic state turn off. For alkali atoms and alkaline-earth ions, if the hyperfine splitting is dominated by the magnetic dipole moment contribution, these detunings approximately coincide. Therefore, at a given ``magical'' detuning, all Zeeman states in a hyperfine manifold behave almost identically, and can be traced out to good approximation. This feature prevents state decoherence due to light scattering, which impacts quantum optics experiments and quantum information applications.

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