Patterned Rydberg excitation and ionization with a spatial light modulator

Patterned Rydberg excitation and ionization with a spatial light modulator

We demonstrate the ability to excite atoms at well-defined, programmable locations in a magneto-optical trap, either to the continuum (ionization), or to a Rydberg state. To this end, excitation laser light is shaped into arbitrary intensity patterns with a spatial light modulator. These optical pat...

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Main Authors: R M W van Bijnen, C Ravensbergen, D J Bakker, G J Dijk, S J J M F Kokkelmans, E J D Vredenbregt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
Subjects:
cold atoms
spatial light modulator
aberration correction
Rydberg excitation
32.80.Rm
41.85.Ct
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/2/023045

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/2/023045

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