Hogan, SD;
Merkt, F;
(2008)
Demonstration of three-dimensional electrostatic trapping of state-selected rydberg atoms.
Physical Review Letters
, 100
(4)
, Article e043001. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.043001.
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Abstract
A three-dimensional trap for Rydberg atoms in selected Stark states has been realized experimentally. H atoms seeded in a supersonic expansion of Ar are excited to the low-field seeking n=30, k=25, |m|=0, 2 Rydberg-Stark states, decelerated from a mean initial velocity of 665m/s to zero velocity in the laboratory frame and loaded into a three-dimensional electrostatic trap. The motion of the cold Rydberg atom cloud in the trap and the decay of the trapped atoms have been studied by pulsed electric field ionization and imaging techniques.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Demonstration of three-dimensional electrostatic trapping of state-selected rydberg atoms |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.043001 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.043001 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2008 The American Physical Society |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1352102 |
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