Zack D. Lasner, Alexander Frenett, Hiromitsu Sawaoka, Loic Anderegg, Benjamin Augenbraun, Hana Lampson, Mingda Li, Annika Lunstad, Jack Mango, Abdullah Nasir, Tasuku Ono, Takashi Sakamoto, John M. Doyle
{"title":"Magneto-optical trapping of a heavy polyatomic molecule for precision measurement","authors":"Zack D. Lasner, Alexander Frenett, Hiromitsu Sawaoka, Loic Anderegg, Benjamin Augenbraun, Hana Lampson, Mingda Li, Annika Lunstad, Jack Mango, Abdullah Nasir, Tasuku Ono, Takashi Sakamoto, John M. Doyle","doi":"arxiv-2409.04948","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.04948","url":null,"abstract":"We report a magneto-optical trap of strontium monohydroxide (SrOH) containing\u00002000(600) molecules at a temperature of 1.2(3) mK. The lifetime is 91(9) ms,\u0000which is limited by decay to optically unaddressed vibrational states. This\u0000provides the foundation for future sub-Doppler cooling and optical trapping of\u0000SrOH, a polyatomic molecule suited for precision searches for physics beyond\u0000the Standard Model including new CP violating particles and ultralight dark\u0000matter. We also identify important features in this system that guide cooling\u0000and trapping of complex and heavy polyatomic molecules into the ultracold\u0000regime.","PeriodicalId":501039,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Atomic Physics","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142176361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuechun Jiao, Changcheng Li, Jiabei Fan, Jingxu Bai, XiaoFeng Shi, Suotang Jia, Jianming Zhao, C. Stuart Adams
{"title":"Quantum error correction of motional dephasing using optical dressing","authors":"Yuechun Jiao, Changcheng Li, Jiabei Fan, Jingxu Bai, XiaoFeng Shi, Suotang Jia, Jianming Zhao, C. Stuart Adams","doi":"arxiv-2409.04769","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.04769","url":null,"abstract":"Maintaining the coherence in quantum systems is interesting in both\u0000fundamental physics and quantum information processing. In particular,\u0000suppressing the dephasing caused by thermal fluctuations in quantum systems can\u0000potentially enable functional quantum devices. Techniques to reduce motional\u0000dephasing of quantum superpositions include spin echo and bang-bang. In this\u0000paper, we demonstrate the effectiveness of a novel protocol on a collective\u0000quantum superposition state known as a Rydberg polariton. These collective\u0000states are potentially important in the context of single photon sources,\u0000optical transistor, all-optical quantum gates and fast read-out of quantum\u0000information. However progress in Rydberg polariton quantum technology has been\u0000hindered by fast motional dephasing on which no effective methods exist for\u0000undoing it. Here, we show how our protocol via optical dressing using Raman\u0000lasers cancels dephasing and enhances coherence times by more than an order of\u0000magnitude.","PeriodicalId":501039,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Atomic Physics","volume":"86 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142176364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Levi Oliveira de Araujo Azevedo, Claudio Lenz Cesar
{"title":"Quasi-analytical lineshape for the 1S-2S laser spectroscopy of antihydrogen and hydrogen","authors":"Levi Oliveira de Araujo Azevedo, Claudio Lenz Cesar","doi":"arxiv-2409.04509","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.04509","url":null,"abstract":"The accuracy of high precision and fundamental measurements of atomic\u0000transition frequencies via laser spectroscopy depends upon fitting the spectral\u0000data with a lineshape. With atomic hydrogen and antihydrogen 1S-2S two-photon\u0000spectroscopy, computer intensive Monte-Carlo simulations have been used to\u0000compute the optical Bloch equations in order to match and interpret the\u0000experimental spectra. For the highest resolutions, one tries to minimize\u0000saturation effects going to regimes of low excitation probability, where\u0000perturbation theory can provide reliable results. Here we describe an\u0000analytical approach to the lineshape based on perturbation theory accounting\u0000for the AC-Stark shift and ionization. The expressions can be used for beam\u0000experiments or integrated over the magnetic field profile for a trapped sample.\u0000Theses lineshapes, providing fast results, allow for studies of many systematic\u0000effects that influence the accuracy of the determination of the central\u0000frequency. This development has relevance to hydrogen beam experiments and to\u0000trapped hydrogen and antihydrogen, as developed by the ALPHA collaboration at\u0000CERN, for tests of the CPT-symmetry and the highest accuracy measurement on\u0000antimatter.","PeriodicalId":501039,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Atomic Physics","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142176362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laurent Wiesenfeld, Prajwal Niraula, Julien de Wit, Nejmeddine Jaïdane, Iouli E. Gordon, Robert J. Hargreaves
{"title":"Ab initio quantum dynamics as a scalable solution to the exoplanet opacity challenge: A case study of CO$_2$ in hydrogen atmosphere","authors":"Laurent Wiesenfeld, Prajwal Niraula, Julien de Wit, Nejmeddine Jaïdane, Iouli E. Gordon, Robert J. Hargreaves","doi":"arxiv-2409.04439","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.04439","url":null,"abstract":"Light-matter interactions lie at the heart of our exploration of exoplanetary\u0000atmospheres. Interpreting data obtained by remote sensing is enabled by\u0000meticulous, time- and resource-consuming work aiming at deepening our\u0000understanding of such interactions (i.e., opacity models). Recently,\u0000citet{Niraula2022} pointed out that due primarily to limitations on our\u0000modeling of broadening and far-wing behaviors, opacity models needed a timely\u0000update for exoplanet exploration in the JWST era, and thus argued for a\u0000scalable approach. In this Letter, we introduce an end-to-end solution from ab\u0000initio calculations to pressure broadening, and use the perturbation framework\u0000to identify the need for precision to a level of $sim$10%. We focus on the\u0000CO$_2$-H$_2$ system as CO$_2$ presents a key absorption feature for exoplanet\u0000research (primarily driven by the observation of gas giants) at $sim$4.3$mu$m\u0000and yet severely lack opacity data. We compute elastic and inelastic\u0000cross-sections for the collision of {ortho-}H$_2$ ~with CO$_2$, in the ground\u0000vibrational state, and at the coupled-channel fully converged level. For\u0000scattering energies above $sim$20~cm$^{-1}$, moderate precision\u0000inter-molecular potentials are indistinguishable from high precision ones in\u0000cross-sections. Our calculations agree with the currently available measurement\u0000within 7%, i.e., well beyond the precision requirements. Our proof-of-concept\u0000introduces a computationally affordable way to compute full-dimensional\u0000interaction potentials and scattering quantum dynamics with a precision\u0000sufficient to reduce the model-limited biases originating from the pressure\u0000broadening and thus support instrument-limited science with JWST and future\u0000missions.","PeriodicalId":501039,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Atomic Physics","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142176365","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Giulia Del Pace, Diego Hernández-Rajkov, Vijay Pal Singh, Nicola Grani, Marcia Frómeta Fernández, Giulio Nesti, Jorge Amin Seman, Massimo Inguscio, Luigi Amico, Giacomo Roati
{"title":"Shapiro steps in strongly-interacting Fermi gases","authors":"Giulia Del Pace, Diego Hernández-Rajkov, Vijay Pal Singh, Nicola Grani, Marcia Frómeta Fernández, Giulio Nesti, Jorge Amin Seman, Massimo Inguscio, Luigi Amico, Giacomo Roati","doi":"arxiv-2409.03448","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.03448","url":null,"abstract":"We report the observation of Shapiro steps in a periodically driven Josephson\u0000junction between strongly-interacting Fermi superfluids of ultracold atoms. We\u0000observe quantized plateaus in the current-potential characteristics, the height\u0000and width of which mirror the external drive frequency and the junction\u0000nonlinear response. Direct measurements of the current-phase relationship\u0000showcase how Shapiro steps arise from the synchronization between the relative\u0000phase of the two reservoirs and the external drive. Such mechanism is further\u0000supported by the detection of periodic phase-slippage processes, in the form of\u0000vortex-antivortex pairs. Our results are corroborated by a circuital model and\u0000numerical simulations, overall providing a clear understanding of Shapiro\u0000dynamics in atomic Fermi superfluids. Our work demonstrates phase-coherent and\u0000synchronization effects in driven strongly-interacting superfluids, opening\u0000prospects for studying emergent non-equilibrium dynamics in quantum many-body\u0000systems under external drives.","PeriodicalId":501039,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Atomic Physics","volume":"2016 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142176385","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Photoelectron -- residual-ion entanglement in streaked shake-up ionization of helium","authors":"Hongyu Shi, Uwe Thumm","doi":"arxiv-2409.03622","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.03622","url":null,"abstract":"Streaked photoelectron emission spectra access the correlated dynamics of\u0000photoelectrons and residual target electrons with attosecond temporal\u0000resolution. We calculated ab initio single-ionization spectra for photoemission\u0000from helium atoms by co-linearly polarized ultrashort XUV and assisting\u0000few-femtosecond IR pulses. Distinguishing direct and shake-up ionization\u0000resulting in ground-state and excited (n=2,3) He+ residual ions, respectively,\u0000we examined the effects of the correlated photoemission dynamics on the\u0000photoelectron phase-accumulation as a function of the observable photoelectron\u0000detection direction and kinetic energy, and XUV-IR pulse delay. We tracked the\u0000dynamical evolution of the residual ion in relative streaked photoemission\u0000delays and found dominant contributions for shake-up emission from the residual\u0000ion - photoelectron interaction. These are in very good and fair agreement,\u0000respectively, for n=2 and n=3 shake-up photoemission along the\u0000pulse-polarization directions, with previous experimental and theoretical\u0000investigations [Ossiander et. al. 2017] and reveal a strong\u0000photoemission-direction dependence for shake-up ionization due to the coupling\u0000between the photoelectron and evolving residual-ion charge distribution in the\u0000IR-laser field.","PeriodicalId":501039,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Atomic Physics","volume":"44 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142176384","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Leonardo Badurina, Yufeng Du, Vincent S. H. Lee, Yikun Wang, Kathryn M. Zurek
{"title":"Signatures of Linearized Gravity in Atom Interferometers: a Simplified Computational Framework","authors":"Leonardo Badurina, Yufeng Du, Vincent S. H. Lee, Yikun Wang, Kathryn M. Zurek","doi":"arxiv-2409.03828","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.03828","url":null,"abstract":"We develop a general framework for calculating the leading-order,\u0000fully-relativistic contributions to the gravitational phase shift in\u0000single-photon atom interferometers within the context of linearized gravity. We\u0000show that the atom gradiometer observable, which only depends on the atom\u0000interferometer propagation phase, can be written in terms of three distinct\u0000contributions: the Doppler phase shift, which accounts for the tidal\u0000displacement of atoms along the baseline, the Shapiro phase shift, which\u0000accounts for the delay in the arrival time of photons at atom-light interaction\u0000points, and the Einstein phase shift, which accounts for the gravitational\u0000redshift measured by the atoms. For specific atom gradiometer configurations,\u0000we derive the signal and response functions for two physically-motivated\u0000scenarios: ($i$) transient gravitational waves in the transverse-traceless\u0000gauge and, for the first time, in the proper detector frame, and ($ii$)\u0000transient massive objects sourcing weak and slow-varying Newtonian potentials.\u0000We find that the Doppler contribution of realistic Newtonian noise sources\u0000($e.g.$, a freight truck or a piece of space debris) at proposed atom\u0000gradiometer experiments, such as AION, MAGIS and AEDGE, can exceed the shot\u0000noise level and thus affect physics searches if not properly subtracted.","PeriodicalId":501039,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Atomic Physics","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142176383","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Second-order hyperfine structure in strontium and impact on new physics searches using isotope shift spectroscopy","authors":"Julian C. Berengut, Natalia S. Oreshkina","doi":"arxiv-2409.01530","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.01530","url":null,"abstract":"Recent precision isotope shift spectroscopy experiments have reported King\u0000plot non-linearities that may uncover previously hidden nuclear properties or\u0000hint at new force-carrying bosons. Interpreting the data requires many isotope\u0000pairs, but sufficient stable spin-zero nuclei are not always available. In this\u0000Letter we consider the use of isotopes with non-zero nuclear spin for these\u0000studies. We show that observed King plot non-linearity in strontium is\u0000explained by second-order hyperfine shift in the fermionic nucleus, and we\u0000discuss the limitations of using Yb isotopes with non-zero spin in King plot\u0000studies.","PeriodicalId":501039,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Atomic Physics","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142176386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhipeng Wu, Mingzhi Fan, Yangjun Qin, Guangzu Zhang, Nuo Yang
{"title":"Achieving ultra-high anisotropy in thermal conductivity of plastic crystal through megapascal pressure of hot pressing","authors":"Zhipeng Wu, Mingzhi Fan, Yangjun Qin, Guangzu Zhang, Nuo Yang","doi":"arxiv-2409.01846","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.01846","url":null,"abstract":"Plastic crystals, owing to their exceptional properties, are gradually\u0000finding applications in solid-state refrigeration and ferroelectric fields.\u0000However, their inherently low thermal conductivity restricts their utilization\u0000in electronic devices. This study demonstrates that applying megapascal\u0000pressure of hot pressing can enhance the thermal conductivity of plastic\u0000crystal films. Most importantly, it induces significant anisotropy in thermal\u0000conductivity. Such anisotropy in thermal conductivity is beneficial for\u0000specialized thermal management applications, such as directing heat flow paths\u0000in electronic devices. In this study, [(CH3)4N][FeCl4] PCs films were prepared\u0000by hot pressing. At a pressure of 16 MPa, the ratio of in-plane to cross-plane\u0000thermal conductivity in the film reaches a remarkable 5.5. This is attributed\u0000to the preferential orientation along the (002) crystal plane induced by\u0000uniaxial pressure, leading to the formation of a layered structure and the\u0000creation of a flat and dense film. Furthermore, according to molecular dynamics\u0000simulations, the thermal conductivity along the [100] and [010] directions\u0000(parallel to the (002) crystal plane) is higher than in other directions.\u0000Therefore, significant modulation of anisotropy in thermal conductivity is\u0000achieved in [(CH3)4N][FeCl4] films by applying uniaxial hot pressing pressure.\u0000This phenomenon has the potential to greatly broaden the application of plastic\u0000crystals in the field of flexible electronic devices.","PeriodicalId":501039,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Atomic Physics","volume":"8 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142176388","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An extrapolation method for polarizability assessments of ion-based optical clocks","authors":"K. J. Arnold, M. D. Barrett","doi":"arxiv-2409.01476","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2409.01476","url":null,"abstract":"We present a numerical method for extrapolating polarizability measurements\u0000to dc as done in the assessment of blackbody radiation shifts for ion-based\u0000clocks. The method explicitly accounts for the frequency dependence of relevant\u0000atomic transitions without introducing an ad hoc modelling function. It\u0000incorporates emph{a priori} atomic structure calculations, which allows\u0000measurements to be augmented by calculations if there is insufficient data to\u0000make a purely measurement based estimate. The method also provides indicators\u0000of inconsistencies between theory and experiment or inadequacies of the data\u0000for making an extrapolation. We use results from Al$^+$, Lu$^+$, and Yb$^+$ to\u0000illustrate features of the method.","PeriodicalId":501039,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - PHYS - Atomic Physics","volume":"63 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142176387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}