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Hyperfine Coherence in the Presence of Spontaneous Photon Scattering

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Author(s)

R Ozeri, C. Langer, John D. Jost, B. L. DeMarco, A. Ben-Kish, Brad R. Blakestad, Joseph W. Britton, J Chiaverini, Wayne M. Itano, David Hume, Dietrich G. Leibfried, Till P. Rosenband, Piet Schmidt, David J. Wineland

Abstract

The coherence of hyperfine-state superpositions of a trapped 9Be+ ion is experimentally studied in the presence of off-resonant light. It is shown that Rayleigh elastic scattering of photons that does not change state populations also does not affect coherence. Coherence times exceeding the average scattering time of 19 photons are observed. This result implies that, with sufficient control over its parameters, laser light can be used to manipulate hyperfine-state superpositions with very little decoherence.
Citation
Physical Review Letters
Volume
95
Issue
030403

Keywords

coherence, hyperfine states, Raman transitions, spontaneous photon scattering, trapped ions

Citation

Ozeri, R. , Langer, C. , Jost, J. , DeMarco, B. , Ben-Kish, A. , Blakestad, B. , Britton, J. , Chiaverini, J. , Itano, W. , Hume, D. , Leibfried, D. , Rosenband, T. , Schmidt, P. and Wineland, D. (2005), Hyperfine Coherence in the Presence of Spontaneous Photon Scattering, Physical Review Letters, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=50070 (Accessed November 5, 2024)

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Created July 15, 2005, Updated January 27, 2020