Magic wavelengths for the $ns-np$ transitions in alkali-metal atoms

C. Jansohn, A. Londoño, Y. Li +3 more

Armen D. Sargsyan, A. Tonoyan, G. Hakhumyan +1 more

Türker Topçu, Andrei Derevianko

Andrei Derevianko

In experiments with trapped atoms, atomic energy levels are shifted by the trapping optical and magnetic fields. Regardless of this strong perturbation, precision spectroscopy may be still carried out using specially crafted, "magic" trapping fields. Finding these conditions for particularly valuable microwave transitions in alkali-metal atoms has so far remained an open challenge. Here I demonstrate that the microwave transitions in alkali-metal atoms may be indeed made impervious to both trapping laser intensity and fluctuations of magnetic fields. I consider driving multiphoton transitions between the clock levels and show that these "doubly magic" conditions are realized at special values of trapping laser wavelengths and fixed values of relatively weak magnetic fields. This finding has implications for precision measurements and quantum information processing with qubits stored in hyperfine manifolds.

Dong, Yin, Yong-Hui +4 more

B. K. Sahoo, Bindiya Arora

Magic wavelengths for the Li, Na, and K alkali-metal atoms are determined using the circularly polarized light for the $ns$-$n{p}_{1/2,3/2}$ transitions, with $n$ denoting their ground-state principal quantum numbers, by studying their differential ac dynamic polarizabilities. These wavelengths for all possible sublevels are given linearly as well as circularly polarized lights and are further compared with the available results for the linearly polarized light. The present study suggests that it is possible to carry out state-insensitive trapping of different alkali-metal atoms using the circularly polarized light.