Coherence-Preserving Trap Architecture for Long-Term Control of Giant Ryberg Atoms
Coherence-Preserving Trap Architecture for Long-Term Control of Giant Ryberg Atoms
We present a way to trap a single Rydberg atom, make it long-lived, and preserve an internal coherence over time scales reaching into the minute range. We propose to trap using carefully designed electric fields, to inhibit the spontaneous emission in a nonresonant conducting structure, and to maintain the internal …