Quantum control of ion-atom collisions beyond the ultracold regime

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Hauptverfasser: Walewski, Maks Z., Frye, Matthew D., Katz, Or, Pinkas, Meirav, Ozeri, Roee, Tomza, Michał
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author Walewski, Maks Z.
Frye, Matthew D.
Katz, Or
Pinkas, Meirav
Ozeri, Roee
Tomza, Michał
author_facet Walewski, Maks Z.
Frye, Matthew D.
Katz, Or
Pinkas, Meirav
Ozeri, Roee
Tomza, Michał
contents Tunable scattering resonances are crucial for controlling atomic and molecular systems. However, their use has so far been limited to ultracold temperatures. These conditions remain hard to achieve for most hybrid trapped ion-atom systems -- a prospective platform for quantum technologies and fundamental research. Here we measure inelastic collision probabilities for ${\text{Sr}^++\text{Rb}}$ and use them to calibrate a comprehensive theoretical model of ion-atom collisions. Our theoretical results, compared with experimental observations, confirm that quantum interference effects persist to the multiple-partial-wave regime, leading to the pronounced state and mass dependence of the collision rates. Using our model, we go beyond interference and identify a rich spectrum of Feshbach resonances at moderate magnetic fields with the Rb atom in its lower ($f=1$) hyperfine state, which persist at temperatures as high as 1 mK. Future observation of these predicted resonances should allow precise control of the short-range dynamics in ${\text{Sr}^+}+{\text{Rb}}$ collisions under unprecedentedly warm conditions.
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spellingShingle Quantum control of ion-atom collisions beyond the ultracold regime
Walewski, Maks Z.
Frye, Matthew D.
Katz, Or
Pinkas, Meirav
Ozeri, Roee
Tomza, Michał
Atomic Physics
Quantum Gases
Quantum Physics
Tunable scattering resonances are crucial for controlling atomic and molecular systems. However, their use has so far been limited to ultracold temperatures. These conditions remain hard to achieve for most hybrid trapped ion-atom systems -- a prospective platform for quantum technologies and fundamental research. Here we measure inelastic collision probabilities for ${\text{Sr}^++\text{Rb}}$ and use them to calibrate a comprehensive theoretical model of ion-atom collisions. Our theoretical results, compared with experimental observations, confirm that quantum interference effects persist to the multiple-partial-wave regime, leading to the pronounced state and mass dependence of the collision rates. Using our model, we go beyond interference and identify a rich spectrum of Feshbach resonances at moderate magnetic fields with the Rb atom in its lower ($f=1$) hyperfine state, which persist at temperatures as high as 1 mK. Future observation of these predicted resonances should allow precise control of the short-range dynamics in ${\text{Sr}^+}+{\text{Rb}}$ collisions under unprecedentedly warm conditions.
title Quantum control of ion-atom collisions beyond the ultracold regime
topic Atomic Physics
Quantum Gases
Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.06073