中国物理B ›› 2018, Vol. 27 ›› Issue (7): 74207-074207.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/27/7/074207

• ELECTROMAGNETISM, OPTICS, ACOUSTICS, HEAT TRANSFER, CLASSICAL MECHANICS, AND FLUID DYNAMICS • 上一篇    下一篇

A sensitive detection of high Rydberg atom with large dipole moment

Shan-Shan Zhang(张珊珊), Hong Cheng(成红), Pei-Pei Xin(辛培培), Han-Mu Wang(王汉睦), Zi-Shan Xu(徐子珊), Hong-Ping Liu(刘红平)   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China;
    2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • 收稿日期:2018-01-27 修回日期:2018-04-16 出版日期:2018-07-05 发布日期:2018-07-05
  • 通讯作者: Hong-Ping Liu E-mail:liuhongping@wipm.ac.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 91421305, 91121005, and 11674359) and the National Key Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2013CB922003).

A sensitive detection of high Rydberg atom with large dipole moment

Shan-Shan Zhang(张珊珊)1,2, Hong Cheng(成红)1,2, Pei-Pei Xin(辛培培)1,2, Han-Mu Wang(王汉睦)1,2, Zi-Shan Xu(徐子珊)1,2, Hong-Ping Liu(刘红平)1,2   

  1. 1 State Key Laboratory of Magnetic Resonance and Atomic and Molecular Physics, Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430071, China;
    2 University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  • Received:2018-01-27 Revised:2018-04-16 Online:2018-07-05 Published:2018-07-05
  • Contact: Hong-Ping Liu E-mail:liuhongping@wipm.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 91421305, 91121005, and 11674359) and the National Key Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2013CB922003).

摘要: We report a sensitive detection of high Rydberg atom with large dipole moment utilizing its deflection near a pair of parallel cylindrical copper rods which are oppositely charged. When the low-field seeking state Rydberg atoms fly across the gradient electric field formed by the pair of rods, they will be pushed away from the rods while the high-field seeking state ones will be attracted towards the rods. These atoms will form different patterns on an ion imaging system placed downwards at the end of the rods. The spatial distribution of the deflected atoms on the imaging system is also simulated, in good agreement with the experimental results, from which we can deduce the quantum state information of the excited atoms. This state resolvable Rydberg atom detection can be used for the dynamics research of the dipole-dipole interaction between atoms with large dipole moments.

关键词: Rydberg Stark state, sodium atom, deflection, dipole moment

Abstract: We report a sensitive detection of high Rydberg atom with large dipole moment utilizing its deflection near a pair of parallel cylindrical copper rods which are oppositely charged. When the low-field seeking state Rydberg atoms fly across the gradient electric field formed by the pair of rods, they will be pushed away from the rods while the high-field seeking state ones will be attracted towards the rods. These atoms will form different patterns on an ion imaging system placed downwards at the end of the rods. The spatial distribution of the deflected atoms on the imaging system is also simulated, in good agreement with the experimental results, from which we can deduce the quantum state information of the excited atoms. This state resolvable Rydberg atom detection can be used for the dynamics research of the dipole-dipole interaction between atoms with large dipole moments.

Key words: Rydberg Stark state, sodium atom, deflection, dipole moment

中图分类号:  (Effects of atomic coherence on propagation, absorption, and Amplification of light; electromagnetically induced transparency and Absorption)

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32.60.+i (Zeeman and Stark effects) 32.80.Qk (Coherent control of atomic interactions with photons) 32.70.Jz (Line shapes, widths, and shifts)