<mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">S</mml:mi><mml:mn>0</mml:mn><mml:none/><mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/><mml:mn>1</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mtext>−</mml:mtext><mml:mmultiscripts><mml:mi mathvariant="normal">P</mml:mi><mml:mn>2</mml:mn><mml:none/><mml:mprescripts/><mml:none/><mml:mn>3</mml:mn></mml:mmultiscripts></mml:math>magnetic quadrupole transition in neutral strontium
Jan Trautmann, Dimitry Yankelev, V. Klüsener, A. J. Park, Immanuel Bloch, Sebastian Blatt
Abstract
We present a detailed investigation of the ultranarrow magnetic-quadrupole $^{1}\mathrm{S}_{0}\text{\ensuremath{-}}^{3}\mathrm{P}_{2}$ transition in neutral strontium and show how it can be made accessible for quantum simulation and quantum computation. By engineering the light shift in a one-dimensional optical lattice, we perform high-resolution spectroscopy and observe the characteristic absorption patterns for a magnetic quadrupole transition. We measure an absolute transition frequency of $446,647,242,704(2)$ kHz in $^{88}\mathrm{Sr}$ and an $^{88}\mathrm{Sr}\text{\ensuremath{-}}^{87}\mathrm{Sr}$ isotope shift of $+62.91(4)$ MHz. In a proof-of-principle experiment, we use this transition to demonstrate local addressing in an optical lattice with 532 nm spacing with a Rayleigh-criterion resolution of $494(45)$ nm. Our results pave the way for applications of the magnetic quadrupole transition as an optical qubit and for single-site addressing in optical lattices.