Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Hezel, Bernd
• Mayle, Michael
• Schmelcher, Peter

Titel

Interaction-induced stabilization of circular Rydberg atoms

Ist Teil von

• Physical review. A, Atomic, molecular, and optical physics, 2011-12, Vol.84 (6), Article 063402

Ort / Verlag

United States

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Quelle

PROLA

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• We discuss a candidate solution for the controlled trapping and manipulation of two individual Rydberg atoms by means of a magnetic Ioffe-Pritchard trap that is superimposed by a constant electric field. In such a trap Rydberg atoms experience a permanent electric dipole moment that can be of the order of several hundred debye. The interplay of electric dipolar repulsion and three-dimensional magnetic confinement leads to a well controllable equilibrium configuration with tunable trap frequency and atomic distance. We thoroughly investigate the trapping potentials and analyze the interaction-induced stabilization of two such trapped Rydberg atoms. Possible limitations and collapse scenarios are discussed.