We report on observing photon recoil effects in the absorption of a single monochromatic light at 689 nm through an ultracold ^(88)Sr gas,where the recoil frequency is comparable to natural linewidth of the narrow-lin...We report on observing photon recoil effects in the absorption of a single monochromatic light at 689 nm through an ultracold ^(88)Sr gas,where the recoil frequency is comparable to natural linewidth of the narrow-line transition 5s^(2) ^(1)S_(0)-5s5p ^(3)P_(1) in strontium.In the regime of high-saturation,the absorption profile becomes asymmetric due to the photon-recoil shift,which is of the same order as the natural linewidth.The lineshape is described by an extension of the optical Bloch equations including the momentum transfers to atoms during emission and absorption of photons.Our work reveals the photon recoil effects in a simplest single-beam absorption setting,which is of significant relevance to other applications such as saturation spectroscopy,Ramsey interferometry,and absorption imaging.展开更多
We report on experimental measurements of the transition dipole moments(TDMs)between the intermediate state 5s5p^(3)P_(1)and the triplet Rydberg series 5sns^(3)S_(1)in an ultracold strontium gas.Here n is the principa...We report on experimental measurements of the transition dipole moments(TDMs)between the intermediate state 5s5p^(3)P_(1)and the triplet Rydberg series 5sns^(3)S_(1)in an ultracold strontium gas.Here n is the principal quantum number ranging from 19 to 40.The transition 5s5p^(3)P_(1)–5sns^(3)S_(1)is coupled via an ultraviolet(UV)beam,inducing Autler–Townes splitting of both states.Such a splitting of the intermediate state is spectroscopically measured by using absorption imaging on a narrow transition 5s^(21)S_(0)–5s5p^(3)P_(1)in an ultracold gas of strontium atoms.The power and size of the UV beam are carefully determined,with which the TDMs are extracted from the measured Autler–Townes splitting.The experimentally obtained TDMs are compared to the calculations based on a parametric core potential,on a Coulomb potential with quantum defect,and on the open-source library Alkali Ryderg calculator,finding good agreement with the former two models and significant deviation with the latter.展开更多
基金supported by the Anhui Initiative in Quantum Information Technologiessupport from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11827806)
文摘We report on observing photon recoil effects in the absorption of a single monochromatic light at 689 nm through an ultracold ^(88)Sr gas,where the recoil frequency is comparable to natural linewidth of the narrow-line transition 5s^(2) ^(1)S_(0)-5s5p ^(3)P_(1) in strontium.In the regime of high-saturation,the absorption profile becomes asymmetric due to the photon-recoil shift,which is of the same order as the natural linewidth.The lineshape is described by an extension of the optical Bloch equations including the momentum transfers to atoms during emission and absorption of photons.Our work reveals the photon recoil effects in a simplest single-beam absorption setting,which is of significant relevance to other applications such as saturation spectroscopy,Ramsey interferometry,and absorption imaging.
基金supported by the Anhui Initiative in Quantum Information Technologiessupport from the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11827806)。
文摘We report on experimental measurements of the transition dipole moments(TDMs)between the intermediate state 5s5p^(3)P_(1)and the triplet Rydberg series 5sns^(3)S_(1)in an ultracold strontium gas.Here n is the principal quantum number ranging from 19 to 40.The transition 5s5p^(3)P_(1)–5sns^(3)S_(1)is coupled via an ultraviolet(UV)beam,inducing Autler–Townes splitting of both states.Such a splitting of the intermediate state is spectroscopically measured by using absorption imaging on a narrow transition 5s^(21)S_(0)–5s5p^(3)P_(1)in an ultracold gas of strontium atoms.The power and size of the UV beam are carefully determined,with which the TDMs are extracted from the measured Autler–Townes splitting.The experimentally obtained TDMs are compared to the calculations based on a parametric core potential,on a Coulomb potential with quantum defect,and on the open-source library Alkali Ryderg calculator,finding good agreement with the former two models and significant deviation with the latter.
