Talk #22070020

Measurements of blackbody-radiation-induced transition rates between high-lying S, P, and D Rydberg levels

Donatella Ciampini Università di Pisa

Ciampini, D. (2022). Measurements of blackbody-radiation-induced transition rates between high-lying S, P, and D Rydberg levels. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. http://pirsa.org/22070020

Ciampini, Donatella. Measurements of blackbody-radiation-induced transition rates between high-lying S, P, and D Rydberg levels. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Jul. 15, 2022, http://pirsa.org/22070020 

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            url = {http://pirsa.org/22070020},
            author = {Ciampini, Donatella},
            keywords = {Quantum Information},
            language = {en},
            title = {Measurements of blackbody-radiation-induced transition rates between high-lying S, P, and D Rydberg levels},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2022},
            month = {jul},
            note = {Talk #22070020 see, \url{https://scitalks.ca}}
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Video URL http://pirsa.org/22070020

Abstract

We report experimental measurements of the rates of blackbody-radiation-induced transitions between highlying (n > 60) S, P, and D Rydberg levels of rubidium atoms in a magneto-optical trap using a hybrid field ionization and state-selective depumping technique. Our results reveal significant deviations of the measured transition rates from theory for well-defined ranges of the principal quantum number. We assume that the most likely cause for those deviations is a modified blackbody spectrum inside the glass cell in which the magneto-optical trap is formed, and we test this assumption by installing electrodes to create an additional microwave cavity around the cell. From the results, we conclude that it should be possible to use such external cavities to control and suppress the blackbody-radiation-induced transitions."

Details

Talk Number 22070020
Speaker Profile Donatella Ciampini
Collection Cold Atom Molecule Interactions (CATMIN)
Subject Quantum Physics
Source Repository PIRSA