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)
Scientific Output
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Publications
Richter J, Togawa M, Crespo lópez-Urrutia JR, Surzhykov A. Hanle effect for lifetime analysis: Li-like ions. Journal of Instrumentation. 2025 Mar 6;20(3):C03003. doi: 10.1088/1748-0221/20/03/C03003Schmidt 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 Mar 4;109(3):033103. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.109.033103Peshkov 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 Sept 8;535(9):2300204. doi: 10.1002/andp.202300204Peshkov 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.107.023106Lange R, Huntemann N, Peshkov AA, Surzhykov A, Peik E. Excitation of an Electric Octupole Transition by Twisted Light. Physical review letters. 2022 Dec 12;129(25):253901. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.253901Müllner 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.129.207801Serbo VG, Surzhykov A, Volotka A. Resonant Scattering of Plane-Wave and Twisted Photons at the Gamma Factory. Annalen der Physik. 2022 Mar 8;534(3):2100199. Epub 2021 Sept 16. doi: 10.1002/andp.202100199Büscher 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: 10.1063/10.0006577Karlovets 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.104.023101Maiorova 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.104.022821Duan Y, Bidasyuk YM, Surzhykov A. Symmetry breaking and phase transitions in Bose-Einstein condensates with spin-orbital-angular-momentum coupling. Physical Review A. 2020 Dec 24;102(6):063328. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.102.063328Kosheleva 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 Dec 21;102(6):063115. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.102.063115Maiorova 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.101.062704Schulz 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.102.012812Duan 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/ab3631Peshkov 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/ab1c74Schulz SAL, Fritzsche S, Müller RA, Surzhykov A. Modification of multipole transitions by twisted light. Physical Review A. 2019 Oct 23;100(4):043416. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.100.043416
TG Members
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Involved Members and their Relevant Expertise
Members Institution Relevant Expertise Andrey Surzhykov PTB / TUBS Light-Matter Interfaces and Dynamics Peter Lemmens TUBS Propagation of Vortex Light through Media, Chirality studies Tanja Mehlstäubler PTB / LUH Quantum optics, frequency metrology, atomic clocks, integrated optics Denis Ukolov TUBS High-resolution microscopy Riaan Schmidt PTB/TUBS Atomic magnetometry with structured light Ekkehard Peik PTB Atomic and nuclear clocks, spectroscopy with structured light Zhamila Kulchukova PTB Topology, optical vortex rings Nils Huntemann PTB Atomic clocks, spectroscopy with structured light Anton Peshkov PTB/TUBS Interaction of structured light with trapped atoms Jialiang Yu PTB Integrated optics, atomic spectroscopy Silvia Hofmann TUBS Twisted light, Metrology, Weyl Semimetal Clara Zyskind PTB Integrated optics, atomic spectroscopy Jan Richter PTB Parity violation studies with structured light
