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Microscopic Rydberg electron orbit manipulation with optical tweezers

Florian Meinert, Homar Rivera-Rodr\'iguez, Matthew T. Eiles, Tilman Pfau

A laser beam narrower than a Rydberg electron orbit mixes states to create kilo-Debye dipoles tunable by local intensity.

arxiv:2602.15723 v3 · 2026-02-17 · physics.atom-ph

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C1strongest claim

We compute the electronic eigenstates in the presence of a sharply focused Gaussian laser beam, and find strong Rydberg state mixing leading to large kilo-Debye dipole moments. These can be modulated with high bandwidth controlled by the local tweezer intensity.

C2weakest assumption

The focused Gaussian beam width remains smaller than the Rydberg electron orbit size throughout the interaction, allowing spatially selective state mixing without averaging over the entire orbit.

C3one line summary

A tightly focused optical tweezer mixes Rydberg states to produce kilo-Debye tunable dipoles and ponderomotive wells for eccentric radial trapping of the electron.

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Microscopic Rydberg electron orbit manipulation with optical tweezers

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First computed	2026-05-28T01:04:37.095458Z
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arxiv: 2602.15723 · arxiv_version: 2602.15723v3 · doi: 10.48550/arxiv.2602.15723 · pith_short_12: VK66VQ52TU2O · pith_short_16: VK66VQ52TU2OXYGB · pith_short_8: VK66VQ52

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