Cold hybrid ion-atom systems

M Tomza, K Jachymski, R Gerritsma, A Negretti… - Reviews of modern …, 2019 - APS
Hybrid systems of laser-cooled trapped ions and ultracold atoms combined in a single
experimental setup have recently emerged as a new platform for fundamental research in …

Ultracold rydberg molecules

JP Shaffer, ST Rittenhouse, HR Sadeghpour - Nature communications, 2018 - nature.com
Ultracold molecules formed from association of a single Rydberg atom with surrounding
atoms or molecules and those from double Rydberg excitations are discussed in this review …

Ultralong-range Rydberg molecules

C Fey, F Hummel, P Schmelcher - Molecular Physics, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
We review ultralong-range Rydberg molecules (ULRMs), which are bound states between a
Rydberg atom and one or more ground-state atoms with bond lengths on the order of …

Ultracold chemical reactions of a single Rydberg atom in a dense gas

M Schlagmüller, TC Liebisch, F Engel, KS Kleinbach… - Physical Review X, 2016 - APS
Within a dense environment (ρ≈ 10 14 atoms/cm 3) at ultracold temperatures (T< 1 μ K), a
single atom excited to a Rydberg state acts as a reaction center for surrounding neutral …

Hamiltonian for the inclusion of spin effects in long-range Rydberg molecules

MT Eiles, CH Greene - Physical Review A, 2017 - APS
The interaction between a Rydberg electron and a neutral atom situated inside its extended
orbit is described via contact interactions for each atom-electron scattering channel. In …

Trilobites, butterflies, and other exotic specimens of long-range Rydberg molecules

MT Eiles - Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
This PhD tutorial discusses ultra-long-range Rydberg molecules, the exotic bound states of
a Rydberg atom and one or more ground state atoms immersed in the Rydberg electron's …

Highly-excited Rydberg excitons in synthetic thin-film cuprous oxide

J DeLange, K Barua, AS Paul, H Ohadi, V Zwiller… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Cuprous oxide (Cu 2 O) has recently emerged as a promising material in solid-state
quantum technology, specifically for its excitonic Rydberg states characterized by large …

Formation of long-range Rydberg molecules in two-component ultracold gases

MT Eiles - Physical Review A, 2018 - APS
We present a comprehensive study of the diverse properties of heteronuclear Rydberg
molecules, placing a special emphasis on those composed of the light alkali-metal atoms, Li …

Polyatomic trilobite Rydberg molecules in a dense random gas

PJJ Luukko, JM Rost - Physical review letters, 2017 - APS
Trilobites are exotic giant dimers with enormous dipole moments. They consist of a Rydberg
atom and a distant ground-state atom bound together by short-range electron-neutral …

Rydberg electromagnetically induced transparency in 40K ultracold Fermi gases

G Bian, B Shan, L Huang, J Zhang - Chinese Optics Letters, 2023 - opg.optica.org
We report the measurement of the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) with
Rydberg states in ultracold K40 Fermi gases, which is obtained through a two-photon …