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Microwave-optical spectroscopy of Rydberg excitons in the ultrastrong driving regime (2024)
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Brewin, A., Gallagher, L. A. P., Pritchett, J. D., Wong, H. Q. X., Potvliege, R. M., Clark, S. J., & Jones, M. P. A. (2024). Microwave-optical spectroscopy of Rydberg excitons in the ultrastrong driving regime. New Journal of Physics, 26(11), Article 113018. https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/ad8c74

We study the ultrastrong driving of Rydberg excitons in Cu2O by a microwave field. The effect of the field is studied using optical absorption spectroscopy, and through the observation of sidebands on the transmitted laser light. A model based on Flo... Read More about Microwave-optical spectroscopy of Rydberg excitons in the ultrastrong driving regime.

Addendum: Multichannel quantum defect theory of strontium bound Rydberg states (2014 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 47 155001) (2024)
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Vaillant, C. L., Jones, M. P. A., & Potvliege, R. M. (2024). Addendum: Multichannel quantum defect theory of strontium bound Rydberg states (2014 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 47 155001). Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 57(19), Article 199401. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ad76f0

Newly calculated multichannel quantum defect theory parameters and channel fractions are presented for the singlet and triplet S, P and D series and singlet F series of strontium. These results correct those reported in Vaillant et al (2014 J. Phys.... Read More about Addendum: Multichannel quantum defect theory of strontium bound Rydberg states (2014 J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 47 155001).

Giant microwave–optical Kerr nonlinearity via Rydberg excitons in cuprous oxide (2024)
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Pritchett, J. D., Gallagher, L. A. P., Brewin, A., Wong, H. Q. X., Langbein, W., Lynch, S. A., …Jones, M. P. A. (2024). Giant microwave–optical Kerr nonlinearity via Rydberg excitons in cuprous oxide. APL Photonics, 9(3), Article 031303. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0192710

Microwave–optical conversion is key to future networks of quantum devices, such as those based on superconducting technology. Conversion at the single quantum level requires strong nonlinearity, high bandwidth, and compatibility with a millikelvin en... Read More about Giant microwave–optical Kerr nonlinearity via Rydberg excitons in cuprous oxide.

Trap induced broadening in a potential hydrogen lattice clock (2024)
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Scott, J. P., Potvliege, R. M., Carty, D., & Jones, M. P. A. (2024). Trap induced broadening in a potential hydrogen lattice clock. Metrologia, 61(2), Article 025001. https://doi.org/10.1088/1681-7575/ad1e37

We consider the potential use of optical traps for precision measurements in atomic hydrogen (H). Using an implicit summation method, we calculate the atomic polarisability, the rates of elastic/inelastic scattering and the ionisation rate in the wav... Read More about Trap induced broadening in a potential hydrogen lattice clock.

Deuterium spectroscopy for enhanced bounds on physics beyond the standard model (2023)
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Potvliege, R. M., Nicolson, A., Jones, M. P. A., & Spannowsky, M. (2023). Deuterium spectroscopy for enhanced bounds on physics beyond the standard model. Physical Review A, 108(5), Article 052825. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.108.052825

We consider the impact of combining precision spectroscopic measurements made in atomic hydrogen with similar measurements made in atomic deuterium on the search for physics beyond the standard model. Specifically, we consider the wide class of model... Read More about Deuterium spectroscopy for enhanced bounds on physics beyond the standard model.

High-resolution nanosecond spectroscopy of even-parity Rydberg excitons in Cu2O (2022)
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Rogers, J. P., Gallagher, L. A., Pizzey, D., Pritchett, J. D., Adams, C. S., Jones, M. P., Hodges, C., Langbein, W., & Lynch, S. A. (2022). High-resolution nanosecond spectroscopy of even-parity Rydberg excitons in Cu2O. Physical Review B, 105(11), Article 115206. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.105.115206

We present a study of even-parity Rydberg exciton states in cuprous oxide using second harmonic generation (SHG) spectroscopy. Excitonic states with principal quantum number n = 5 − 12 were excited by nanosecond pulses around 1143 nm. Using time-reso... Read More about High-resolution nanosecond spectroscopy of even-parity Rydberg excitons in Cu2O.

Rydberg excitons in synthetic cuprous oxide Cu2O (2021)
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Lynch, S. A., Hodges, C., Mandal, S., Langbein, W., Singh, R. P., Gallagher, L. A., Pritchett, J. D., Pizzey, D., Rogers, J. P., Adams, C. S., & Jones, M. P. (2021). Rydberg excitons in synthetic cuprous oxide Cu2O. Physical Review Materials, 5(8), Article 084602. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevmaterials.5.084602

High-lying Rydberg states of Mott-Wannier excitons are receiving considerable interest due to the possibility of adding long-range interactions to the physics of excitons. Here, we study Rydberg excitation in bulk synthetic cuprous oxide grown by the... Read More about Rydberg excitons in synthetic cuprous oxide Cu2O.

Microwave-optical coupling via Rydberg excitons in cuprous oxide (2021)
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Gallagher, L. A., Rogers, J. P., Pritchett, J. D., Mistry, R. A., Pizzey, D., Adams, C. S., Jones, M. P., Grünwald, P., Walther, V., Hodges, C., Langbein, W., & Lynch, S. A. (2022). Microwave-optical coupling via Rydberg excitons in cuprous oxide. Physical Review Research, 4(1), https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevresearch.4.013031

We report exciton-mediated coupling between microwave and optical fields in cuprous oxide (Cu2O) at low temperatures. Rydberg excitonic states with principal quantum number up to n = 12 were observed at 4 K using both one-photon (absorption) and two-... Read More about Microwave-optical coupling via Rydberg excitons in cuprous oxide.

ARC 3.0: An expanded Python toolbox for atomic physics calculations (2021)
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Robertson, E., Sibalic, N., Potvliege, R., & Jones, M. (2021). ARC 3.0: An expanded Python toolbox for atomic physics calculations. Computer Physics Communications, 261(107814), Article 107814. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpc.2020.107814

ARC 3.0 is a modular, object-oriented Python library combining data and algorithms to enable the calculation of a range of properties of alkali and divalent atoms. Building on the initial version of the ARC library (Šibalić et al., 2017), which focus... Read More about ARC 3.0: An expanded Python toolbox for atomic physics calculations.

Number-resolved imaging of $^{88}$Sr atoms in a long working distance optical tweezer (2020)
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Jackson, N., Hanley, R., Hill, M., Leroux, F., Adams, C., & Jones, M. (2020). Number-resolved imaging of $^{88}$Sr atoms in a long working distance optical tweezer. SciPost Physics, 8(3), Article 038. https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.8.3.038

We demonstrate number-resolved detection of individual strontium atoms in a long working distance low numerical aperture (NA = 0.26) tweezer. Using a camera based on single-photon counting technology, we determine the presence of an atom in the tweez... Read More about Number-resolved imaging of $^{88}$Sr atoms in a long working distance optical tweezer.