Optical Dipole Trapping of Holmium

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Abstract

Neutral Holmium$'$s 128 ground hyperfine states, the most of any non-radioactive element, is a testbed for quantum control of a very high dimensional Hilbert space, and offers a promising platform for quantum computing. Its high magnetic moment also makes magnetic trapping a potentially viable alternative to optical trapping. Previously we have cooled Holmium atoms in a MOT on a 410.5 nm transition, characterized its Rydberg spectra, and made measurements of the dynamic scalar and tensor polarizabilities. We report here on progress towards narrow line cooling and magnetic trapping of single atoms.

*This research was supported by NSF award PHY-1707854.

Authors

  • Christopher Yip

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Donald Booth

    • Argonne National Laboratory

  • Huaxia Zhou

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison

  • Jeffrey Collett

    • Lawrence University

  • Mark Saffman

    • University of Wisconsin - Madison & ColdQuanta
    • University of Wisconsin-Madison
    • University of Wisconsin - Madison
    • Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin - Madison
    • University of Wisconsin - Madison and ColdQuanta, Inc.