Anisotropic interactions between ultracold Rydberg atoms and Rydberg atom imaging ...
| Grant number: | 14/09369-0 |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate |
| Start date: | September 01, 2014 |
| End date: | February 28, 2015 |
| Field of knowledge: | Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Atomic and Molecular Physics |
| Principal Investigator: | Luis Gustavo Marcassa |
| Grantee: | Luís Felipe Barbosa Faria Gonçalves |
| Supervisor: | Georg A. Raithel |
| Host Institution: | Instituto de Física de São Carlos (IFSC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil |
| Institution abroad: | University of Michigan, United States |
| Associated to the scholarship: | 11/22309-8 - Microstructures with cold Rydberg atoms, BP.DR |
Abstract Rydberg interactions have been guiding the recent researches, leading to an accelerated development of areas like quantum computation and matter-field interactions. A new technique that has been used for the detection of Rydberg atoms uses images that are the result of a direct projection of the atomic spatial distribution. This image is obtained after the ionization of the Rydberg atoms and subsequent projection onto micro-channel plates (MCP) that are coupled to a phosphor screen. We can currently capture images, but they lack the necessary spatial resolution and are only visible when using large numbers of ions (10^3~10^4). The goal of the current project is to learn how to acquire images created from only a few ions. These techniques have been successfully implemented in Prof. Raithel's research group, so a collaboration with him represents a major point of success for our project. (AU) | |
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