PMID- 33379777
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20201231
IS  - 1094-4087 (Electronic)
IS  - 1094-4087 (Linking)
VI  - 28
IP  - 24
DP  - 2020 Nov 23
TI  - Ultraprecise Rydberg atomic localization using optical vortices.
PG  - 36936-36952
LID - 10.1364/OE.411130 [doi]
AB  - We propose a robust localization of the highly-excited Rydberg atoms interacting 
      with doughnut-shaped optical vortices. Compared with the earlier standing-wave 
      (SW)-based localization methods, a vortex beam can provide an ultraprecise 
      two-dimensional localization solely in the zero-intensity center, within a 
      confined excitation region down to the nanometer scale. We show that the presence 
      of the Rydberg-Rydberg interaction permits counter-intuitively much stronger 
      confinement towards a high spatial resolution when it is partially compensated by 
      a suitable detuning. In addition, applying an auxiliary SW modulation to the 
      two-photon detuning allows a three-dimensional confinement of Rydberg atoms. In 
      this case, the vortex field provides a transverse confinement, while the SW 
      modulation of the two-photon detuning localizes the Rydberg atoms longitudinally. 
      To develop a new subwavelength localization technique, our results pave a path 
      one step closer to reducing excitation volumes to the level of a few nanometers, 
      representing a feasible implementation for the future experimental applications.
FAU - Jia, Ning
AU  - Jia N
FAU - Qian, Jing
AU  - Qian J
FAU - Kirova, Teodora
AU  - Kirova T
FAU - Juzeliunas, Gediminas
AU  - Juzeliunas G
FAU - Reza Hamedi, Hamid
AU  - Reza Hamedi H
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Opt Express
JT  - Optics express
JID - 101137103
SB  - IM
EDAT- 2021/01/01 06:00
MHDA- 2021/01/01 06:01
CRDT- 2020/12/31 01:04
PHST- 2020/12/31 01:04 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/01/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/01/01 06:01 [medline]
AID - 442829 [pii]
AID - 10.1364/OE.411130 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Opt Express. 2020 Nov 23;28(24):36936-36952. doi: 10.1364/OE.411130.