Slow and fast atoms : modeling strong field effects on Yb for slowing and quantum imaging of magnetic fields
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- Known for the ultra-stable clock transition, ytterbium atoms are one of the leading candidates for atomic clocks and qubits for quantum computing. This thesis tells two untold stories of ytterbium atoms, slow and fast. The first half of the thesis covers an alternative laser slowing method using only the narrow 1S0-3P1 cooling transition that utilizes amplitude-modulated light to induce a series of stimulated emissions. This slowing method shows promise as a starting point for many cold-atom experiments. I present a numerical model of this process and how it can help engineer optical forces on ytterbium and other alkaline earth-like atoms. In the second half, I show how a combination of fast ytterbium atoms and a similar laser setup enables visual imaging of magnetic field gradients and contours. Based on Autler-Townes splitting and the Hanle effect, this unique magnetometer can measure both magnitude and direction of the magnetic fields based on understanding of dark striped patterns in the atomic fluorescence. Both aspects of this thesis bring to light the unique features of the narrow 1S0-3P1 transition in ytterbium with potential to advance quantum sensing.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Form | electronic resource; remote; computer; online resource |
| Extent | 1 online resource. |
| Place | California |
| Place | [Stanford, California] |
| Publisher | [Stanford University] |
| Copyright date | 2023; ©2023 |
| Publication date | 2023; 2023 |
| Issuance | monographic |
| Language | English |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Na Narong, Tanaporn |
|---|---|
| Degree supervisor | Hollberg, Leo |
| Thesis advisor | Hollberg, Leo |
| Thesis advisor | Hogan, Jason |
| Thesis advisor | Simon, Jon |
| Degree committee member | Hogan, Jason |
| Degree committee member | Simon, Jon |
| Associated with | Stanford University, School of Humanities and Sciences |
| Associated with | Stanford University, Department of Physics |
Subjects
| Genre | Theses |
|---|---|
| Genre | Text |
Bibliographic information
| Statement of responsibility | Tanaporn Na Narong. |
|---|---|
| Note | Submitted to the Department of Physics. |
| Thesis | Thesis Ph.D. Stanford University 2023. |
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/px376ft1651 |
Access conditions
- Copyright
- © 2023 by Tanaporn Na Narong
- License
- This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 3.0 Unported license (CC BY-NC).
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