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Sub-kilohertz excitation lasers for quantum information processing with Rydberg atoms

Journal of the Optical Society of America B 35, 892 (2018)

R. Legaie, C. J. Picken, J. D. Pritchard

ARC: An open-source library for calculating properties of alkali Rydberg atoms

Computer Physics Communications 220, 319–331 (2017)

N. Šibalić, J. Pritchard, C. Adams, K. Weatherill

Detection of applied and ambient forces with a matter-wave magnetic gradiometer

Physical Review A 96, 053622 (2017)

B. I. Robertson, A. R. MacKellar, J. Halket, A. Gribbon, J. D. Pritchard, A. S. Arnold, E. Riis, P. F. Griffin

Single atom imaging with an sCMOS camera

Applied Physics Letters 111, 164102 (2017)

Single atom imaging requires discrimination of weak photon count events above the background and has typically been performed using …

C. J. Picken, R. Legaie, J. D. Pritchard

Optimized coplanar waveguide resonators for a superconductor–atom interface

Applied Physics Letters 109, 092602 (2016)

We describe the design and characterization of superconducting coplanar waveguide cavities tailored to facilitate strong coupling …

M. A. Beck, J. A. Isaacs, D. Booth, J. D. Pritchard, M. Saffman, R. McDermott

Long working distance objective lenses for single atom trapping and imaging

Review of Scientific Instruments 87, 073107 (2016)

We present a pair of optimized objective lenses with long working distances of 117 mm and 65 mm, respectively, that offer diffraction …

J. D. Pritchard, J. A. Isaacs, M. Saffman

Measurement of holmium Rydberg series through magneto-optical trap depletion spectroscopy

Physical Review A 91, 012507 (2015)

We report measurements of the absolute excitation frequencies of Ho165 4f116sns and 4f116snd odd-parity Rydberg series. The states are …

J. Hostetter, J. D. Pritchard, J. E. Lawler, M. Saffman

Microwave control of the interaction between two optical photons

Physical Review A 89, 043827 (2014)

A microwave field is used to control the interaction between pairs of optical photons stored in highly excited collective states …

D. Maxwell, D. J. Szwer, D. Paredes-Barato, H. Busche, J. D. Pritchard, A. Gauguet, M. P. A. Jones, C. S. Adams

Hybrid atom-photon quantum gate in a superconducting microwave resonator

Physical Review A 89, 010301 (2014)

We propose a hybrid quantum gate between an atom and a microwave photon in a superconducting coplanar waveguide cavity by exploiting …

J. D. Pritchard, J. A. Isaacs, M. A. Beck, R. McDermott, M. Saffman

Storage and Control of Optical Photons Using Rydberg Polaritons

Physical Review Letters 110, 103001 (2013)

We use a microwave field to control the quantum state of optical photons stored in a cold atomic cloud. The photons are stored in …

D. Maxwell, D. J. Szwer, D. Paredes-Barato, H. Busche, J. D. Pritchard, A. Gauguet, K. J. Weatherill, M. P. A. Jones, C. S. Adams

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