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NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
Volume 17, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/17/5/053046
Keywords
Rydberg atoms; Bose-Einstein condensation; imaging of electron orbitals
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Funding
- National Science Center [DEC-2011/01/B/ST2/05125, DEC-2012/04/A/ST2/00090]
- project 'Decoherence in long range interacting quantum systems and devices' - Baden-Wurttemberg Stiftung
- Ministry of Education
- National Research Foundation of Singapore
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) [SFB/TRR21, PF 381/4-2]
- ERC [267100]
- EU [265031]
- Carl Zeiss Foundation
- DFG [HO 4787/1-1]
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The quantum mechanical states of electrons in atoms and molecules are distinct orbitals, which are fundamental for our understanding of atoms, molecules and solids. Electronic orbitals determine a wide range of basic atomic properties, allowing also for the explanation of many chemical processes. Here, we propose a novel technique to optically image the shape of electron orbitals of neutral atoms using electron-phonon coupling in a Bose-Einstein condensate. To validate our model we carefully analyze the impact of a single Rydberg electron onto a condensate and compare the results to experimental data. Our scheme requires only well-established experimental techniques that are readily available and allows for the direct capture of textbook-like spatial images of single electronic orbitals in a single shot experiment.
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