Theory and applications of atomic and ionic polarizabilities

J Mitroy, MS Safronova, CW Clark - Journal of Physics B: Atomic …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Atomic polarization phenomena impinge upon a number of areas and processes in physics.
The dielectric constant and refractive index of any gas are examples of macroscopic …

Universal Gate Operations on Nuclear Spin Qubits in an Optical Tweezer Array of Atoms

S Ma, AP Burgers, G Liu, J Wilson, B Zhang… - Physical Review X, 2022 - APS
Neutral atom arrays are a rapidly developing platform for quantum science. Recently,
alkaline earth atoms (AEAs) have attracted interest because their unique level structure …

Dynamical polarizability of atoms in arbitrary light fields: general theory and application to cesium

F Le Kien, P Schneeweiss… - The European Physical …, 2013 - Springer
We present a systematic derivation of the dynamical polarizability and the ac Stark shift of
the ground and excited states of atoms interacting with a far-off-resonance light field of …

Absolute Frequency Measurement of the Clock Transition

M Chwalla, J Benhelm, K Kim, G Kirchmair, T Monz… - Physical review …, 2009 - APS
We report on the first absolute transition frequency measurement at the 10-15 level with a
single, laser-cooled Ca+ 40 ion in a linear Paul trap. For this measurement, a frequency …

Critically evaluated theoretical energies, lifetimes, hyperfine constants, and multipole polarizabilities in

MS Safronova, UI Safronova - Physical Review A—Atomic, Molecular, and …, 2011 - APS
Systematic study of Rb atomic properties is carried out using a high-precision relativistic all-
order method. Excitation energies of the ns, np, nd, and nf (n⩽ 10) states in neutral rubidium …

Magnetic solitons in a spin-1 Bose-Einstein condensate

X Chai, D Lao, K Fujimoto, R Hamazaki, M Ueda… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Vector solitons are a type of solitary or nonspreading wave packet occurring in a nonlinear
medium composed of multiple components. As such, a variety of synthetic systems can be …

Coupling a single trapped atom to a whispering-gallery-mode microresonator

E Will, L Masters, A Rauschenbeutel, M Scheucher… - Physical Review Letters, 2021 - APS
We demonstrate trapping of a single Rb 85 atom at a distance of about 200 nm from the
surface of a whispering-gallery-mode bottle microresonator. The atom is trapped in an …

Development of a configuration-interaction plus all-order method for atomic calculations

MS Safronova, MG Kozlov, WR Johnson, D Jiang - Physical Review A—Atomic …, 2009 - APS
We develop a theoretical method within the framework of relativistic many-body theory to
accurately treat correlation corrections in atoms with few valence electrons. This method …

High-Accuracy Measurement of the Differential Scalar Polarizability of a Clock Using the Time-Dilation Effect

P Dubé, AA Madej, M Tibbo, JE Bernard - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
We report a high-accuracy measurement of the differential static scalar polarizability Δ α 0 of
the 5 s S 1/2 2− 4 d D 5/2 2 transition of the Sr+ 88 ion. The high accuracy is obtained by …

Scalable quantum processors empowered by the Fermi scattering of Rydberg electrons

M Khazali, W Lechner - Communications Physics, 2023 - nature.com
Quantum computing promises exponential speed-up compared to its classical counterpart.
While the neutral atom processors are the pioneering platform in terms of scalability, the …