Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 043001 (2008) [4 pages]Demonstration of Three-Dimensional Electrostatic Trapping of State-Selected Rydberg AtomsReceived 15 September 2007; published 30 January 2008 A three-dimensional trap for Rydberg atoms in selected Stark states has been realized experimentally. H atoms seeded in a supersonic expansion of Ar are excited to the low-field seeking n=30, k=25, |m|=0, 2 Rydberg-Stark states, decelerated from a mean initial velocity of 665 m/s to zero velocity in the laboratory frame and loaded into a three-dimensional electrostatic trap. The motion of the cold Rydberg atom cloud in the trap and the decay of the trapped atoms have been studied by pulsed electric field ionization and imaging techniques. © 2008 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.043001
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.043001
PACS:
33.80.Rv, 32.60.+i, 37.10.De, 37.20.+j
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