RUI: Dynamics and Control of Strongly Driven Coherent Processes in Rydberg Atoms

该研究计划继续探索由强场驱动的量子系统的控制。 这项研究将在科尔比学院的本科生中进行。实验将在里德伯原子中进行，这允许在一个系统中研究控制，在该系统中，最终状态分布很容易测量，在一个频率范围内，成形的电磁脉冲可以具有特殊的保真度，并且可以直接产生，并且均匀，强烈，相互作用可以用适度的实验室场实现。要进行的研究是由两个压倒一切的问题驱动的。第一个问题是，强相互作用在多大程度上可以补偿光谱带宽来驱动种群转移。第二个问题是如何控制系统中的个别转换是不是独立寻址的频率。更广泛的影响涉及本科生的教育。

This research program continues the exploration of control of quantum systems driven by strong fields. The research will be performed with undergraduate students at Colby College. The experiments will be performed in Rydberg atoms, which allows the study of control in a system where the final state distribution is easily measured, in a frequency range where the shaped electromagnetic pulses can have exceptional fidelity and are straightforward to produce, and where uniform, strong, interactions are achievable with modest laboratory fields. The research to be performed is driven by two overriding questions. The first question is to what extent can strong interactions compensate for spectral bandwidth in driving population transfer. The second question is how to control systems where individual transitions are not independently addressable by their frequencies. The broader impact involves the education of undergraduate students.