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Q: Fachverband Quantenoptik und Photonik
Q 57: Ultra-cold Plasmas and Rydberg Systems I (joint session A/Q)
Q 57.5: Talk
Thursday, March 13, 2025, 12:15–12:30, HS PC
Chirality Signatures in Atomic Rydberg States – Experimental State Preparation — •Stefan Aull1, Steffen Giesen2, Miles DeWitt1, Moritz Göb1, Peter Zahariev1,3, Robert Berger2, and Kilian Singer1 — 1Experimental Physics 1, Institute of Physics, University of Kassel, Heinrich-Plett-Str. 40, 34132 Kassel, Germany — 2Berger Group, Institute of Chemistry, University of Marburg, Hans-Meerwein-Str. 4. 35043 Marburg, Germany — 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 a state with chiral signature, e.g. in the probability density or probability current density [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. The results are intended to be used for chiral discrimination [2] of molecules. The experimental progress is presented.
This contribution is a continuation of the submission "Chirality Signatures in Atomic Rydberg States – Conditions and Symmetry Considerations".
[1] A. F. Ordonez and O. Smirnova, Phys. Rev. A, 99, 4, 43416 (2019).
[2] S. Y. Buhmann et al., New J. Phys., 23, 8, 8 (2021).
Keywords: Rydberg; Chirality