Nondestructive Control of the Rovibrational Ground State of a Single Molecular Hydrogen Ion in a Penning Trap
In this work, we demonstrate a new method for quantum state control and nondestructive internal quantum state readout of a single HD^{+} ion in the rovibrational ground state in a Penning trap. Furthermore, we demonstrate a measurement of the magnetic trapping field with the same ion to sub-ppb uncertainty. This could enable nondestructive, high-precision spectroscopy of the hyperfine, Zeeman, and rovibrational level structure of single molecular ions. In particular, this technique can be applied to H_{2}^{+} as well as to its antimatter equivalent, H[over ¯]_{2}^{-}, with the potential for high-precision tests of charge-parity-time reversal symmetry beyond current sensitivities [Phys. Scr. T 1995, 423 (1995)PHSTBO0031-894910.1088/0031-8949/1995/T59/060, Phys. Rev. A 98, 010101 (2018)PLRAAN2469-992610.1103/PhysRevA.98.010101].
Authors
- Jonathan Morgner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8947-4971)
- S. Sturm (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0309-5311)
- F. Heiße (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5862-9878)
- S. Schiller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0797-8648)
- Tim Sailer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-7452)
- D. Bakalov (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9320-9185)
- C. M. König (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0424-0055)
- K. Blaum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4468-9316)
- B. Tu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8671-1839)
Institutions
- Fudan University (CN)
- Institute for Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy (BG)
- Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (DE)
- Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2025-04-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.134.163001
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 6.23
Funders
- European Commission
- Bulgarian National Science Fund
- Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
- Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
- H2020 European Research Council