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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 24: Poster II
Q 24.46: Poster
Dienstag, 12. März 2024, 17:00–19:00, KG I Foyer
Experimental Setup for the Generation of Chiral Orbital States with Rydberg Atoms — •Peter Zahariev1,3, Stefan Aull1, Steffen Giesen2, Robert Berger2, and Kilian Singer1 — 1Experimentalphysik I - Universität Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, 34132 Kassel — 2Fb.15 - Chemie, HansMeerwein-Straße 4, 35032 Marburg — 3Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72, Tzarigradsko Chaussee, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
We present an experimental setup based on a magneto-optical trap of Rubidium atoms and two photon excitation into Rydberg states, that allows for the preparation of chiral orbital Rydberg states. Using hydrogen-like wave functions [1], it is possible to construct an electron density and probability current distribution that has chiral nature. The radio frequency setup and the electric field configuration to generate and detect these states is presented. This experiment will allow us to identify interaction induced energy shifts that are caused by the chiral nature of the wave function only. The results will be also valuable for chiral discrimination of molecules [2].
[1] A. Ordonez, O. Smirnova. Propensity rules in photoelectron circular dichroism in chiral molecules. I. Chiral hydrogen, Phys. Rev. A 99, 043416 (2019)
[2] S Y Buhmann *et al*, Quantum sensing protocol for motionally chiral Rydberg atoms, *New J. Phys.* **23** 083040 (2021)
Keywords: Rydberg; Chirality