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Many-body physics with alkaline-earth Rydberg lattices

Mukherjee, R.; Millen, J.; Nath, R.; Jones, M.P.A.; Pohl, T.

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Authors

R. Mukherjee

J. Millen

R. Nath

T. Pohl



Abstract

We explore the prospects for confining alkaline-earth Rydberg atoms in an optical lattice via optical dressing of the secondary core–valence electron. Focussing on the particular case of strontium, we identify experimentally accessible magic wavelengths for simultaneous trapping of ground and Rydberg states. A detailed analysis of relevant loss mechanisms shows that the overall lifetime of such a system is limited only by the spontaneous decay of the Rydberg state, and is not significantly affected by photoionization or autoionization. The van der Waals C6 coefficients for the Sr(5sns 1S0) Rydberg series are calculated, and we find that the interactions are attractive. Finally we show that the combination of magic-wavelength lattices and attractive interactions could be exploited to generate many-body Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger states.

Citation

Mukherjee, R., Millen, J., Nath, R., Jones, M., & Pohl, T. (2011). Many-body physics with alkaline-earth Rydberg lattices. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 44(18), Article 184010. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/44/18/184010

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2011
Deposit Date Nov 7, 2011
Publicly Available Date Apr 24, 2013
Journal Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Print ISSN 0953-4075
Electronic ISSN 1361-6455
Publisher IOP Publishing
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 44
Issue 18
Article Number 184010
DOI https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/44/18/184010
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1525872

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