Bistable optical transmission through arrays of atoms in free spaceWe determine the transmission of light through a planar atomic array beyond the limit of low light intensity that displays optical bistability in the mean-field regime. We develop a theory describing…C. D. Parmee, J. Ruostekoski·Dec 15, 2020SaveLearn
Doppler Compensated Cavity For Atom InterferometryWe propose and demonstrate a scheme to enable Doppler compensation within optical cavities for atom interferometry at significantly increased mode diameters. This has the potential to overcome the…Rustin Nourshargh, Sam Hedges, Mehdi Langlois et al.·Dec 14, 2020SaveLearn
Direct observation of swap cooling in atom-ion collisionsCollisions with cold particles can dissipate the energy of a hot particle and therefore be exploited as a cooling mechanism. Kinetics teaches us that for a particle to be cooled down by several…Amir Mahdian, Artjom Krükow, Johannes Hecker Denschlag·Dec 14, 2020SaveLearn
Electric field-induced wave-packet dynamics and geometrical rearrangement of trilobite Rydberg moleculesWe investigate the quantum dynamics of ultra-long-range trilobite molecules exposed to homogeneous electric fields. A trilobite molecule consists of a Rydberg atom and a ground-state atom, which is…Frederic Hummel, Kevin Keiler, Peter Schmelcher·Dec 14, 2020SaveLearn
Towards the complete phase profiling of attosecond wave packetsRealistic attosecond wave packets have complex profiles that, in dispersive conditions, rapidly broaden or split into multiple components. Such behaviors are encoded in sharp features of the wave…Jaco Fuchs, Nicolas Douguet, Stefan Donsa et al.·Dec 14, 2020SaveLearn
Roles of Blackbody Friction Forces in the Rb and Cs Atom InterferometersAtom interferometry is amongst the most advanced technologies that provides very high-precision measurements. There can exist a number of obscure forces that can interfere with the atoms used in this…Simranpreet Kaur, Bindiya Arora, B. K. Sahoo·Dec 14, 2020SaveLearn
Compact Two-Dimensional Magneto-Optical Trap for Ultracold Atom SetupsWe report on the design, implementation, and performance of a compact two-dimensional magneto-optical trap (2D MOT) for cesium. In a small-volume vacuum chamber, the setup uses cesium dispensers in…Aden Zhenhao Lam, Claire Warner, Niccolò Bigagli et al.·Dec 12, 2020SaveLearn
Simple model for sequential multiphoton ionization by ultra-intense x-raysA simple model for sequential multiphoton ionization by ultra-intense x-rays is presented. The derived scaling of the ion yield with pulse energy quantitatively reproduces the experimental data,…Xiang Li, Rebecca Boll, Daniel Rolles et al.·Dec 11, 2020SaveLearn
Signatures of magnetic field effects in non-sequential double ionization manifesting as back-scattering for molecules versus forward-scattering for atomsFor two-electron diatomic molecules, we investigate magnetic field effects in non-sequential double ionization where recollisions prevail. We do so by formulating a three-dimensional semi-classical…Georgios Petros Katsoulis, Matthew Benjamin Peters, André Staudte et al.·Dec 11, 2020SaveLearn
Circulating pulse cavity enhancement as a method for extreme momentum transfer atom interferometryLarge scale atom interferometers promise unrivaled strain sensitivity to midband (0.1 - 10 Hz) gravitational waves, and will probe a new parameter space in the search for ultra-light scalar dark…R. Nourshargh, S. Lellouch, S. Hedges et al.·Dec 11, 2020SaveLearn
Van der Waals dephasing for Dicke subradiance in cold atomic cloudsWe investigate numerically the role of near-field dipole-dipole interactions on the late emission dynamics of large disordered cold atomic samples driven by a weak field. Previous experimental and…Ana Cipris, Romain Bachelard, Robin Kaiser et al.·Dec 11, 2020SaveLearn
Rovibrational quenching of C2-anions in collisions with He, Ne, and Ar atomsThe dicarbon molecular anion is currently of interest as a candidate for laser cooling due to its electronic structure and favorable branching ratios to the ground electronic and vibrational states.…Barry P. Mant, Franco A. Gianturco, Roland Wester et al.·Dec 10, 2020SaveLearn
Evaluation of the systematic shifts of a 40Ca+-27Al+ optical clockQuantum-logic-based 27Al+ optical clock has been demonstrated in several schemes as there are different choices of the auxiliary ion species. In this paper, we present the first…Kaifeng Cui, Sijia Chao, Chenglong Sun et al.·Dec 10, 2020SaveLearn
Highly polar molecules consisting of a copper or silver atom interacting with an alkali-metal or alkaline-earth-metal atomWe theoretically investigate the properties of highly polar diatomic molecules containing 2S-state transition-metal atoms. We calculate potential energy curves, permanent electric dipole moments,…Michał Śmiałkowski, Michał Tomza·Dec 9, 2020SaveLearn
Reconstruction of a single-active-electron potential from electron momentum distribution produced by strong-field ionization using optimization techniqueWe present a method for retrieving of single-active electron potential in an atom or molecule from a given momentum distribution of photoelectrons ionized by a strong laser field. In this method the…N. I. Shvetsov-Shilovski·Dec 9, 2020SaveLearn
Nuclear deformation as a source of the non-linearity of King plot in the Yb+ ionWe perform atomic relativistic many-body calculations of the field isotope shifts and calculations of corresponding nuclear parameters for all stable even-even isotopes of Yb+ ion. We demonstrate…Saleh O. Allehabi, V. A. Dzuba, V. V. Flambaum et al.·Dec 7, 2020SaveLearn
An atomic Faraday beam splitter for light generated from pump degenerate four-wave mixing in a hollow-core photonic crystal fiberWe demonstrate an atomic Faraday dichroic beam splitter suitable to spatially separate signal and idler fields from pump degenerate four-wave mixing in an atomic source. By rotating the plane of…Ioannis Caltzidis, Harald Kübler, Tilman Pfau et al.·Dec 7, 2020SaveLearn
Emergence of N-body tunable interactions in universal few-atom systemA three-atom molecule AAB, formed by two identical bosons A and a distinct one B, is studied by considering coupled channels close to a Feshbach resonance. It is assumed that the subsystems AB and AA…Marcelo T. Yamashita, Tobias Frederico, Lauro Tomio·Dec 7, 2020SaveLearn
Hyper Ramsey-Bord\'e matter-wave interferometry for robust quantum sensorsA new generation of atomic sensors using ultra-narrow optical clock transitions and composite pulses are pushing quantum engineering control to a very high level of precision for applied and…T. Zanon-Willette, D. Wilkowski, A. V. Taichenachev et al.·Dec 7, 2020SaveLearn
Prospects for 10-18 Instability Laser Referenced on Thermal Atomic EnsemblesA thermal atomic ensemble-based laser source with superior frequency stability is proposed that relies on the accumulated contributions from an abundance of nonzero-transverse-velocity atomic…Haosen Shang, Duo Pan, Xiaogang Zhang et al.·Dec 7, 2020SaveLearn
Parametric resonance magnetometer based on elliptically polarized light yielding three-axis measurement with isotropic sensitivityWe present here a new parametric resonance magnetometer scheme based on elliptically polarized pumping light and two radio-frequency fields applied along the two optical pumping directions. At…Gwenael Le Gal, Laure-Line Rouve, Agustin Palacios-Laloy·Dec 4, 2020SaveLearn
Exploring the many-body dynamics near a conical intersection with trapped Rydberg ionsConical intersections between electronic potential energy surfaces are paradigmatic for the study of non-adiabatic processes in the excited states of large molecules. However, since the corresponding…Filippo Maria Gambetta, Chi Zhang, Markus Hennrich et al.·Dec 3, 2020SaveLearn
Probing fast oscillating scalar dark matter with atoms and moleculesLight scalar Dark Matter with scalar couplings to matter is expected within several scenarios to induce variations in the fundamental constants of nature. Such variations can be searched for, among…Dionysios Antypas, Oleg Tretiak, Ke Zhang et al.·Dec 2, 2020SaveLearn
Observation and laser spectroscopy of ytterbium monomethoxide, YbOCH3We describe a laser spectroscopic study of ytterbium monomethoxide, YbOCH3, a species of interest to searches for time-reversal symmetry violation using laser-cooled molecules. We report…Benjamin L. Augenbraun, Zack D. Lasner, Alexander Frenett et al.·Dec 2, 2020SaveLearn
Study of the magnetic octupole moment of 173Yb using collinear laser spectroscopyThe hyperfine constants of the 3P2 state in neutral Yb have been measured using three different dipole transitions. This state was recently shown to have a comparatively large hyperfine…R. P. de Groote, S. Kujanpää, Á. Koszorús et al.·Dec 2, 2020SaveLearn