Collective Effects in the Light Emitted by Trapped Rydberg Ions

• Grant number: 25/00765-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: April 01, 2025
• End date: March 31, 2027
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Atomic and Molecular Physics
• Principal Investigator: André Cidrim Santos
• Grantee: Eduardo Rodrigo Mendes dos Reis
• Host Institution: Centro de Ciências Exatas e de Tecnologia (CCET). Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 22/06449-9 - Quantum control of trapped Rydberg ions, AP.GR

Abstract

The main question behind this project is to understand how collective emission of light from trapped Rydberg ions, particularly superradiance, is affected, and potentially suppressed, by the presence of other atoms. For common geometries in a Paul trap (linear and zig-zag chains), we will thus investigate the role of interaction of an ensemble of Rydberg ions with other regular ions and also neutral atoms in Rydberg states on the collective scattering of light.