Twisted Light – QuantumFrontiers – Leibniz Universität Hannover

Experimental and theoretical studies of the interaction of vortex light with single trapped ions, atomic ensembles and complex chiral media.

Contributions to QuantumFrontiers

Frequency Metrology
New detection techniques of topological materials
Development of new methods for the generation of twisted light in the THZ domain
Investigations on the potential of vortex light to probe chirality of molecules and nano-objects
Investigations of the coupling between twisted light and cold atomic ensembles
Experimental and theoretical studies of highly dipole-forbidden atomic-clock transitions, induced by twisted light, for the development of next generation of atomic clocks
Classical and quantum information transfer with the help of twisted light
Studies of vortex states of a single ion or atom, for employment as quantum detectors for acceleration and rotation

Collaborative Innovation

Investigating the excitation of the highly-forbidden (E3) transition in Yb⁺ ion by Laguerre-Gaussian modes. (Surzhykov PTB, TUBS / Peik PTB)
Studying the potential use of vortex light modes to probe the chirality of molecular systems (Lemmens TUBS / Surzhykov PTB, TUBS)
Investigating the interaction of Hermite Gaussian modes with trapped ions and atoms (Mehlstäubler PTB, LUH / Surzhykov PTB, TUBS)

Cooperations

Collaborative Research Centre

DQ-mat

University

University of Glagow

National Academy of Science of Ukraine

Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering

Research Centre

Helmholtz Institute Jena

Scientific Output

Publications

Richter J, Togawa M, Crespo lópez-Urrutia JR, Surzhykov A. Hanle effect for lifetime analysis: Li-like ions. Journal of Instrumentation. 2025 Mär 6;20(3):C03003. doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/20/03/C03003

Schmidt RP, Ramakrishna S, Peshkov AA, Huntemann N, Peik E, Fritzsche S et al. Atomic photoexcitation as a tool for probing purity of twisted light modes. Physical Review A. 2024 Mär 4;109(3):033103. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.109.033103

Peshkov AA, Jordan E, Kromrey M, Mehta KK, Mehlstäubler TE, Surzhykov A. Excitation of Forbidden Electronic Transitions in Atoms by Hermite–Gaussian Modes. Annalen der Physik. 2023 Sep 8;535(9):2300204. doi: 10.1002/andp.202300204

Peshkov AA, Bidasyuk YM, Lange R, Huntemann N, Peik E, Surzhykov A. Interaction of twisted light with a trapped atom: Interplay between electronic and motional degrees of freedom. Physical Review A. 2023 Feb 13;107(2):023106. doi: 10.1103/physreva.107.023106

Lange R, Huntemann N, Peshkov AA, Surzhykov A, Peik E. Excitation of an Electric Octupole Transition by Twisted Light. Physical review letters. 2022 Dez 12;129(25):253901. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.253901

Müllner S, Büscher F, Möller A, Lemmens P. Discrimination of Chiral and Helical Contributions to Raman Scattering of Liquid Crystals Using Vortex Beams. Physical review letters. 2022 Nov 10;129(20):207801. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.207801

Serbo VG, Surzhykov A, Volotka A. Resonant Scattering of Plane-Wave and Twisted Photons at the Gamma Factory. Annalen der Physik. 2022 Mär 8;534(3):2100199. Epub 2021 Sep 16. doi: 10.1002/andp.202100199

Büscher F, Müllner S, Wulferding D, Pashkevich YG, Gnezdilov V, Peshkov AA et al. Raman scattering of plane-wave and twisted light off chiral molecular liquids. Low temperature physics. 2021 Nov;47(11):959-965. doi: 10.1063/10.0006577

Karlovets DV, Serbo VG, Surzhykov A. Wave function of a photon produced in the resonant scattering of twisted light by relativistic ions. Physical Review A. 2021 Aug;104(2). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.104.023101

Maiorova AV, Peshkov AA, Surzhykov A. Radiative recombination of twisted electrons with hydrogenlike heavy ions: Linear polarization of emitted photons. Physical Review A. 2021 Aug;104(2):022821. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.104.022821

Duan Y, Bidasyuk YM, Surzhykov A. Symmetry breaking and phase transitions in Bose-Einstein condensates with spin-orbital-angular-momentum coupling. Physical Review A. 2020 Dez 24;102(6):063328. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.102.063328

Kosheleva VP, Zaytsev VA, Müller RA, Surzhykov A, Fritzsche S. Resonant two-photon ionization of atoms by twisted and plane-wave light. Physical Review A. 2020 Dez 21;102(6):063115. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.102.063115

Maiorova AV, Peshkov AA, Peshkov AA, Surzhykov A, Surzhykov A, Surzhykov A. Structured ion beams produced by radiative recombination of twisted electrons. Physical Review A. 2020 Jun 4;101(6):062704. doi: 10.1103/physreva.101.062704

Schulz SAL, Peshkov AA, Müller RA, Lange R, Huntemann N, Tamm C et al. Generalized excitation of atomic multipole transitions by twisted light modes. Physical Review A. 2020 Jul;102(1):012812. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.102.012812

Duan Y, Müller RA, Surzhykov A. Selection rules for atomic excitation by twisted light. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics. 2019 Aug 28;52(18):184002. doi: 10.1088/1361-6455/ab3631

Peshkov AA, Fritzsche S, Surzhykov A. Scattering of twisted light from a crystal. Physica scripta. 2019 Aug 2;94(10):105402. doi: 10.1088/1402-4896/ab1c74

Schulz SAL, Fritzsche S, Müller RA, Surzhykov A. Modification of multipole transitions by twisted light. Physical Review A. 2019 Okt 23;100(4):043416. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.100.043416

TG Members

Involved Members and their Relevant Expertise

Members	Institution	Relevant Expertise
Andrey Surzhykov, Leader	PTB / TUBS	Light-Matter Interfaces and Dynamics; Theoretical description of atom/ion coupling with vortex light;
Peter Lemmens	TUBS	Propagation of Twisted Light through Media; production of vortex light modes; New Possibilities for Information Transfer
Tanja Mehlstäubler	PTB/LUH	Interaction of photonically engineered Hermite–Gaussian modes with ultra-forbidden transitions.
Jonas Sommerfeldt	PTB / TUBS	Light-Matter Interfaces and Dynamics
Anton Peshkov	PTB / TUBS	Light-Matter Interfaces and Dynamics; Theoretical studies of interaction of trapped ions with structured light; Development novel theoretical approaches
Florian Büscher	TUBS	Propagation of Twisted Light through Media: New Possibilities for Information Transfer
Ekkehard Peik	PTB	Forbidden-transition spectroscopy with twisted light, atomic clock spectroscopy measurements
Nils Huntemann	PTB	Forbidden-transition spectroscopy with twisted light, atomic clock spectroscopy measurements
Riaan Schmidt	PTB/TUBS	Interaction of twisted light with a single trapped ion, investigations of Hanle effect
Silvia Müllner	TUBS	Twisted light, Metrology, Weyl Semimetal
Markus Kromrey	PTB/LUH	Interaction of photonically engineered Hermite–Gaussian modes with ultra-forbidden transitions.
Elena Jordan	PTB	Interaction of photonically engineered Hermite–Gaussian modes with ultra-forbidden transitions.
Jialiang Yu	PTB	Interaction of photonically engineered Hermite–Gaussian modes with ultra-forbidden transitions.
Fabian Predelli	TU BS	Propagation of twisted light through chiral media
Rinis Ferizaj	TU BS	Propagation of twisted light through chiral media

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