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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 70: Quantum Optics
Q 70.6: Talk
Friday, March 15, 2024, 15:45–16:00, HS 3118
Chiral Orbital States with Rydberg Atoms — •Stefan Aull1, Steffen Giesen2, Peter Zahariev1,3, Robert Berger2, and Kilian Singer1 — 1Experimentalphysik 1, Universität Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany — 2Fachbereich Chemie, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Str. 4. 35032 Marburg — 3Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 72, Tzarigradsko Chaussee, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
A protocol for the preparation of chiral orbital Rydberg states in atoms is presented. It has been shown theoretically that using a suitable superposition of hydrogen wave functions, it is possible to construct an electron density and probability current distribution that has chiral nature [1]. Circular Rydberg states can be generated and subsequently manipulated with tailored RF pulses under the influence of electric and magnetic fields, so that the desired chiral superposition of hydrogen-like states with corresponding phases can be prepared. A method to produce such Rydberg states is outlined and their properties including time evolution are discussed. Necessary conditions for quantum numbers of superposition states have been derived analytically. The results are aimed to be used for chiral discrimination [2] of molecules.
[1] A. F. Ordonez and O. Smirnova, Propensity rules in photoelectron circular dichroism in chiral molecules. I. Chiral hydrogen, Phys. Rev. A, vol. 99, no. 4, p. 43416 (2019)
[2] S. Y. Buhmann et al., Quantum sensing protocol for motionally chiral Rydberg atoms, New Journal of Physics, vol. 23, no. 8, Art. no. 8, (2021)
Keywords: Rydberg; Chirality