Circular Rydberg States with Trapped Ions

• Grant number: 25/12961-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• Start date: August 01, 2025
• End date: July 31, 2027
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Atomic and Molecular Physics
• Principal Investigator: André Cidrim Santos
• Grantee: Giovanni Vivi
• 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

In this project, we focus on understanding the theoretical challenges to achieving circular Rydberg states of trapped ions, which have extended lifetimes due to the limited decay channels to neighboring Rydberg states. A successful protocol would translate into times for coherent operations orders of magnitude longer than the currently achievable with low-angular momentum counterparts. The consequence of this would be the commensurate time scales for manipulation of internal and motional degrees of freedom without fast, detrimental decoherence effects. (AU)