Demonstration of a Spherical Penning Trap for Single ElectronsA spherical Penning trap has well-separated, clean microwave resonances, making it attractive for precision measurements of the electron magnetic moment and for dark-photon and axion searches with…Zirui Fang, Xing Fan·Jun 8, 2026SaveLearn
Optical cycling on thorium monoxide (ThO) for an improved test of fundamental symmetriesOptical cycling refers to repeated excitation and spontaneous emission on an electronic transition in an atom or molecule. Optical cycling in molecules can enable a wide range of quantum control and…Alexander Frenett, Dorothy Gan, Nicholas Emtage et al.·Jun 8, 2026SaveLearn
A nuclear clock synchronized to 229ThAtomic clocks have made time and frequency the most precisely measured quantities in physics, progressing from microwave standards that realize the SI second to optical clocks with unprecedented…Beichen Huang, Gaowei Yan, Qi Xiao et al.·Jun 7, 2026SaveLearn
Topological quantum hodographsIn quantum mechanics, the wave function encodes all information about a particle through its probability density and phase. While stationary states are characterized by conserved quantum numbers such…Nikolay Rosanov, Sergey Fedorov, Mikhail Arkhipov·Jun 7, 2026SaveLearn
Atom Interferometry with Transverse Optical ModesWe experimentally demonstrate atom interferometry using the transverse phase profile of an optical mode. As proof-of-principle, we use the helical phase windings of Hypergeometric Gaussian beams for…Ryan Husband, Ryan J. Thomas, Yosri Ben-Aïcha et al.·Jun 7, 2026SaveLearn
Anomalous Autler-Townes Splitting in Resonant Multiphoton Ionization Driven by Bright Squeezed VacuumBright squeezed vacuum (BSV) light has a vanishing mean optical electric field yet can strongly enhance strong-field nonlinear responses beyond the conventional semiclassical paradigm. Here we…Xu Zhang, Liding Li, Yutong Deng et al.·Jun 5, 2026SaveLearn
Elucidating the Control of Circular Dichroism in Ion Yield via Chirped Pulses with Purposeful ModelsWe theoretically investigate circular dichroism in the ion yield following 1+1+1 ionization of 3-methylcyclopentanone using femtosecond linearly chirped laser pulses, inspired by recent experiments…Leon A. Kerber, Daniel M. Reich·Jun 5, 2026SaveLearn
A thorium-229 optical nuclear clock with feedback loopThe laser-accessible nuclear transition in the thorium-229 isotope has been identified as a promising candidate for the realization of an optical nuclear clock. Such a nuclear clock might rival or…L. Toscani De Col, T. Riebner, I. Morawetz et al.·Jun 5, 2026SaveLearn
Ionization energies for Rydberg 4 He (1snp\,1,3P) states using the correlated B-spline basis function methodWe extend the correlated B-spline basis function (C-BSBF) method to high-precision calculations of the ionization energies of helium Rydberg n1,3P states (n=24--35). Using a unified basis…Jing Chi, Hao Fang, Yong-Hui Zhang et al.·Jun 5, 2026SaveLearn
Minimally Destructive Fast Imaging of Single Atoms in an Optical Tweezer Array with Coherent ExcitationUltracold neutral atoms in an optical lattice and an optical tweezer array offer highly-controllable quantum many-body systems, utilized for various quantum science and technology such as quantum…Rei Yokoyama, Takumi Kashimoto, Kosuke Shibata et al.·Jun 4, 2026SaveLearn
Charge Exchange Dynamics in Cold Collisions of 40CaH+ and 39KWe report the observation of charge-exchange collisions between trapped calcium monohydride molecular ions (40CaH+) and ultracold potassium atoms (39K) in a hybrid ion-atom trap. The…Swapnil Patel, Dibyendu Sardar, Jyothi Saraladevi et al.·Jun 4, 2026SaveLearn
Tuning long-range interactions in Sr Rydberg atoms: the effect of series perturbationsWe investigate the effect of series perturbation on the second-order dipole-dipole interactions between strontium atoms in the 5sns(1S0) and 5snp(1P1) Rydberg states as a means of…Turker Topcu, Andrei Derevianko·Jun 4, 2026SaveLearn
Resolving the Blueshift in Calculations of the EUV Spectrum of Multiply Charged Tin IonsWe report ab initio relativistic calculations on the complex open shell Sn12+ highly charged ion, a prototypical plasma ion relevant for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) nanolithography. Previous…M. L. Reitsma, J. Sheil, O. O. Versolato et al.·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
Photoelectron spectroscopy with a resonant dichromatic field: Role of geometric phaseWe investigate geometric-phase control in resonantly driven two-level atoms exposed to near-degenerate dichromatic laser pulses. In contrast to conventional two-color schemes based on widely…Evan Munaro-Langloÿs, Axel Stenquist, Jan Marcus Dahlström·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
Photon shot-noise-limited Rydberg-EIT electrometryRydberg-atom electrometry is a core technique in the development of highly sensitive quantum electric-field sensors. Its sensitivity based on atom-photon interaction is typically limited by photon…Gyeongmin Ju, Ye Jin Yu, Heewoo Kim et al.·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
Arbitrary control of the temporal waveform of photons during spontaneous emissionControl of the temporal waveform of photons produced during spontaneous emission from single quantum emitters provides a crucial tool in the establishment of hybrid quantum systems, optimization of…Carl Thomas, Rebecca Munk, Boris Blinov·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
Multi-Dressed-State Engineered Rydberg ElectrometryRydberg atoms, with their giant transition electric dipole moments and abundant energy-level transitions, offer exceptional potential for microwave (MW) electric field sensing, combining high…Yuhan Yan, Bowen Yang, Xuejie Li et al.·Jun 3, 2026SaveLearn
Fast single-atom preparation in optical tweezers via Rydberg blockadeContinuously replenished optical tweezer arrays will unlock unlimited-depth quantum circuits with neutral atom qubits. A key bottleneck limiting the cycle time of these systems is removing atoms from…Yiyi Li, Vernon M. Hughes, Michael Peper et al.·Jun 2, 2026SaveLearn
Hyperradiance, photon blockade and concurrence in a pair of qubits inside a driven cavityWe theoretically study the radiance properties of a pair of qubits inside a single-mode cavity driven by a two-photon drive. Our results show that, when the two qubits are strongly coupled to the…Anushree Dey, Bimalendu Deb·Jun 2, 2026SaveLearn
Sensitivity Enhancement of S-Band Rydberg Atom Microwave Receiver Using Resonant CavityRydberg atom-based microwave electric field sensing has attracted growing interest owing to its inherent advantages, such as absolute calibration, wideband operability, and compatibility with…Yipeng Xie, Xinbing Chen, Mingwei Lei et al.·Jun 1, 2026SaveLearn
A Mid-Infrared Platform Based on Strontium Tweezer ArraysSubwavelength atomic tweezer arrays, in which atoms can be positioned at distances smaller than their emission wavelength, have been proposed as a versatile platform to study collective emission…Aaron Holman, Ximo Sun, Bojeong Seo et al.·Jun 1, 2026SaveLearn
Suppression of differential light shifts in ground and metastable trapped-ion qubitsIn the presence of a magnetic field, hyperfine clock qubits can acquire a vector differential light shift that can be tuned via polarization to suppress the total differential light shift of…Drew Parks, Thomas Dellaert, Patrick McMillin et al.·Jun 1, 2026SaveLearn
Creating and Probing Spin-Squeezed States of MoleculesPolar molecules are a promising platform for quantum-enhanced sensing and precision tests of fundamental physics, owing to their strong long-range dipolar interactions, broad sensitivity to…Connor M. Holland, Callum L. Welsh, Yukai Lu et al.·Jun 1, 2026SaveLearn
Non-destructive cavity readout of molecules for precision measurementsWe propose a non-destructive method to measure the population of molecules in a selected rotational-hyperfine state by coupling them to a high-finesse optical cavity. In contrast to traditional…Alejandro Salas-Estrada, Silviu-Marian Udrescu, Geoffrey Zheng et al.·Jun 1, 2026SaveLearn
A tunable feedback-controlled magnetic trap for a magnet in free fallFerromagnets in free space are predicted to exhibit pure Larmor precession at near-zero magnetic fields and provide exceptional sensitivity for magnetometry and gyroscopy. Notably, pure Larmor…Changhao Xu, Alexander Heidt, Mohammadreza Nematollahi et al.·May 31, 2026SaveLearn