Second-scale rotational coherence and dipolar interactions in a gas of ultracold polar molecules

PD Gregory, LM Fernley, AL Tao, SL Bromley, J Stepp… - Nature Physics, 2024 - nature.com
Ultracold polar molecules combine a rich structure of long-lived internal states with access to
controllable long-range anisotropic dipole–dipole interactions. In particular, the rotational …

Nanoscale atomic density microscopy

S Subhankar, Y Wang, TC Tsui, SL Rolston, JV Porto - Physical Review X, 2019 - APS
Quantum simulations with ultracold atoms typically create atomic wave functions with
structures at optical length scales, where direct imaging suffers from the diffraction limit. In …

Coherent photo-thermal noise cancellation in a dual-wavelength optical cavity for narrow-linewidth laser frequency stabilisation

F Dawel, A Wilzewski, S Herbers, L Pelzer, J Kramer… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Optical resonators are used for the realisation of ultra-stable frequency lasers. The use of
high reflectivity multi-band coatings allows the frequency locking of several lasers of different …

A scalable scanning transfer cavity laser stabilization scheme based on the Red Pitaya STEMlab platform

E Pultinevicius, M Rockenhäuser, F Kogel… - Review of Scientific …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Many experiments in atomic and molecular physics require simultaneous frequency
stabilization of multiple lasers. We present a stabilization scheme based on a scanning …

Realization of a stroboscopic optical lattice for cold atoms with subwavelength spacing

TC Tsui, Y Wang, S Subhankar, JV Porto, SL Rolston - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
Optical lattices are typically created via the ac Stark shift and are limited by diffraction to
periodicities≥ λ/2, where λ is the wavelength of light used to create them. Lattices with …

A practical guide to terahertz imaging using thermal atomic vapour

LA Downes, L Torralbo-Campo… - New Journal of …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
This tutorial aims to provide details on the underlying principles and methodologies of atom-
based terahertz imaging techniques. Terahertz imaging is a growing field of research which …

Tutorial on laser locking techniques and the manufacturing of vapor cells for spectroscopy

M Mäusezahl, F Munkes, R Löw - New Journal of Physics, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
This tutorial provides a hands-on entry point about laser locking for atomic vapor research
and related research such as laser cooling. We furthermore introduce common materials …

Absolute frequency measurements on the transition in strontium

S Zhang, BS Tiwari, S Ganesh, Y Singh… - Physical Review …, 2024 - APS
We report the first absolute frequency measurements for the 5 s 5 p 3 P 0→ 5 s 6 d 3 D 1
transition at 394 nm for all the stable strontium isotopes by utilizing repumping induced …

Stabilizing frequency of a diode laser to a reference transition of molecular iodine through modulation transfer spectroscopy

L Sharma, A Roy, S Panja, S De - Atoms, 2023 - mdpi.com
We report the frequency stabilization of an external cavity diode laser (ECDL) to a reference
molecular iodine (I2) transition at 13,531.18 cm− 1 (739.03382 nm). Using the Modulation …

Enhancement of the and count rates by optical pumping

ZY Zhang, F Ritterbusch, WK Hu, XZ Dong, CY Gao… - Physical Review A, 2020 - APS
We report an increase of up to 60% on the count rates of the rare Kr 81 and Kr 85 isotopes in
the Atom Trap Trace Analysis method by enhancing the production of metastable atoms in …