Room temperature atomic frequency comb storage for light
Optics Letters Optical Society of America 46:12 (2021) 2960-2960
Abstract:
We demonstrate coherent storage and retrieval of pulsed light using the atomic frequency comb protocol in a room temperature alkali vapor. We utilize velocity-selective optical pumping to prepare multiple velocity classes in the 𝐹=4 hyperfine ground state of cesium. The frequency spacing of the classes is chosen to coincide with the 𝐹′=4−𝐹′=5 hyperfine splitting of the 62P3/2 excited state, resulting in a broadband periodic absorbing structure consisting of two usually Doppler-broadened optical transitions. Weak coherent states of duration 2ns are mapped into this atomic frequency comb with pre-programmed recall times of 8ns and 12ns, with multi-temporal mode storage and recall demonstrated. Utilizing two transitions in the comb leads to an additional interference effect upon rephasing that enhances the recall efficiency.Coherent splitting of two-dimensional Bose gases in magnetic potentials
New Journal of Physics IOP Publishing 22:10 (2020) 103040
Abstract:
Investigating out-of-equilibrium dynamics with two-dimensional (2D) systems is of widespread theoretical interest, as these systems are strongly influenced by fluctuations and there exists a superfluid phase transition at a finite temperature. In this work, we realise matter-wave interference for degenerate Bose gases, including the first demonstration of coherent splitting of 2D Bose gases using magnetic trapping potentials. We improve the fringe contrast by imaging only a thin slice of the expanded atom clouds, which will be necessary for subsequent studies on the relaxation of the gas following a quantum quench.Coherent splitting of two-dimensional Bose gases in magnetic potentials
New Journal of Physics 22:10 (2020) 103040-103040
Abstract:
Investigating out-of-equilibrium dynamics with two-dimensional (2D) systems is of widespread theoretical interest, as these systems are strongly influenced by fluctuations and there exists a superfluid phase transition at a finite temperature. In this work, we realise matter-wave interference for degenerate Bose gases, including the first demonstration of coherent splitting of 2D Bose gases using magnetic trapping potentials. We improve the fringe contrast by imaging only a thin slice of the expanded atom clouds, which will be necessary for subsequent studies on the relaxation of the gas following a quantum quench.Realising a species-selective double well with multiple-radiofrequency-dressed potentials
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics IOP Publishing 53:15 (2020) 155001
Abstract:
Techniques to manipulate the individual constituents of an ultracold mixture are key to investigating impurity physics. In this work, we confine a mixture of hyperfine ground states of 87Rb atoms in a double-well potential. The potential is produced by dressing the atoms with multiple radiofrequencies. The amplitude and phase of each frequency component of the dressing field are controlled to independently manipulate each species. Furthermore, we verify that our mixture of hyperfine states is collisionally stable, with no observable inelastic loss.AEDGE: Atomic Experiment for Dark Matter and Gravity Exploration in Space
EPJ QUANTUM TECHNOLOGY 7:1 (2020) ARTN 6