Interacting Circular Rydberg Atoms Trapped in Optical Tweezers

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2407.04109v1
• Date: Thu, 4 Jul 2024 18:24:53 GMT
• Title: Interacting Circular Rydberg Atoms Trapped in Optical Tweezers
• Authors: Paul Méhaignerie, Yohann Machu, Andrés Durán Hernández, Gautier Creutzer, David J. Papoular, Jean-Michel Raimond, Clément Sayrin, Michel Brune,
• Abstract summary: Circular Rydberg atoms (CRAs) ideally combine long coherence times and strong interactions. We report the measurement and characterization of the resonant dipole-dipole interaction between two CRAs.
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• Abstract: Circular Rydberg atoms (CRAs), i.e., Rydberg atoms with maximal orbital momentum, ideally combine long coherence times and strong interactions, a key property of quantum systems, in particular for the development of quantum technologies. However, the dipole-dipole interaction between CRAs has not been observed so far. We report the measurement and characterization of the resonant dipole-dipole interaction between two CRAs, individually trapped in optical tweezers, and find excellent agreement with theoretical predictions. We demonstrate a dynamic control over the strength of the interaction by tuning the orientation of an electric field. We use the interaction between the CRAs as a meter for the interatomic distance, and record the relative motion between two atoms in their traps. This motion, that we induce through the interaction between Rydberg levels with permanent electric dipoles, transiently populated during the preparation of the circular states, is a signature of spin-motion coupling.

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