Hyperfine coherence in the presence of spontaneous photon scattering

R. Ozeri, C. Langer, J. D. Jost, B. Demarco, A. Ben-Kish, B. R. Blakestad, J. Britton, J. Chiaverini, W. M. Itano, D. B. Hume, D. Leibfried, T. Rosenband, P. O. Schmidt, D. J. Wineland

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Abstract

The coherence of a hyperfine-state superposition of a trapped B9e+ ion in the presence of off-resonant light is studied experimentally. It is shown that Rayleigh elastic scattering of photons that does not change state populations also does not affect coherence. We observe coherence times that exceed the average scattering time of 19 photons which is determined from measured Stark shifts. This result implies that, with sufficient control over its parameters, laser light can be used to manipulate hyperfine-state superpositions with very little decoherence.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number030403
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume95
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 15 2005
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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