Rydberg atom trap by optical grid

Researchers at the University of Michigan have found a way to trap Rydberg's atoms (when excited by Rydberg's atomic masses, which can be as massive as 1000 times larger than the average often up to 90% effective , similar to the way eggs are stored in cartons.

"The biogas is made up of two counters made up of laser beams and forms a series of gaps that can trap atoms, similar to the way eggs are stored in cartons , " Raithel Georg said. , a professor of physics at the University of Michigan, USA.

The results of this study were published in the journal Physical Review Letters.

Rydberg's atoms are trapped, which will be cooled to slow down, this process will cause the atoms to tend to leave the tops of the bio-net.

"In order to overcome this shortcoming, we quickly reversed the biological network after the Rydberg atoms were created (before the atoms had time to move) at the tips of the biological network, and thus Rydberg's atoms are rapidly trapped at the openings of biological nets, " Anderson said.

In the future, Rydberg atoms have the potential to be used in the interfaces of quantum computers, helping to solve the complex problems that ordinary computers can not execute. Rydberg atoms can also be used to transmit image signals at frequencies up to terahertz; and in surveillance equipment or airport scanners.

This research was supported by the National Science Foundation and the US Department of Energy.