Rydberg-dressed Magneto-Optical Trap

Bounds, A.D.; Jackson, N.C.; Hanley, R.K.; Faoro, R.; Bridge, E.M.; Huillery, P.; Jones, M.P.A.

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.120.183401

Rydberg-dressed Magneto-Optical Trap

Bounds, A.D.; Jackson, N.C.; Hanley, R.K.; Faoro, R.; Bridge, E.M.; Huillery, P.; Jones, M.P.A.

Authors

A.D. Bounds

N.C. Jackson

R.K. Hanley

R. Faoro

E.M. Bridge

P. Huillery

Professor Matthew Jones m.p.a.jones@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Contributors

N Keegan n.c.keegan@durham.ac.uk
Other

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate the laser cooling and trapping of Rydberg-dressed Sr atoms. By offresonantly coupling the excited state of a narrow (7 kHz) cooling transition to a high-lying Rydberg state, we transfer Rydberg properties such as enhanced electric polarizability to a stable magneto-optical trap operating at < 1 μK. Simulations show that it is possible to reach a regime where the long-range interaction between Rydberg-dressed atoms becomes comparable to the kinetic energy, opening a route to combining laser cooling with tunable long-range interactions.

Citation

Bounds, A., Jackson, N., Hanley, R., Faoro, R., Bridge, E., Huillery, P., & Jones, M. (2018). Rydberg-dressed Magneto-Optical Trap. Physical Review Letters, 120(18), Article 183401. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.120.183401

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Mar 5, 2018
Online Publication Date	May 4, 2018
Publication Date	May 4, 2018
Deposit Date	Jan 11, 2018
Publicly Available Date	May 15, 2018
Journal	Physical Review Letters
Print ISSN	0031-9007
Electronic ISSN	1079-7114
Publisher	American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	120
Issue	18
Article Number	183401
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.120.183401

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