Phys. Rev. A 76, 053417 (2007) [12 pages]Ultracold Rydberg atoms in a Ioffe-Pritchard trapReceived 7 May 2007; published 26 November 2007 We discuss the properties of ultracold Rydberg atoms in a Ioffe-Pritchard magnetic field configuration. The derived two-body Hamiltonian unveils how the large size of Rydberg atoms affects their coupling to the inhomogeneous magnetic field. The properties of the compound electronic and center of mass quantum states are thoroughly analyzed. We find very tight confinement of the center of mass motion in two dimensions to be achievable while barely changing the electronic structure compared to the field free case. This paves the way for generating a one-dimensional ultracold Rydberg gas. © 2007 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.76.053417
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevA.76.053417
PACS:
32.60.+i, 33.55.Be, 32.10.Dk, 33.80.Ps
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