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Coherence close to the surface<br />

P. Treutlein et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 203005 (2004).<br />

Hyperfine sublevels of 87 Rb with<br />

identical magnetic moments<br />

Coherence lifetime measurement<br />

(Ramsey sequence, <strong>atom</strong>-surface dist<strong>an</strong>ce: 9 μm)<br />

rf<br />

|1〉 = |F=2,m F<br />

=+1〉<br />

F = 2<br />

mw<br />

|0〉 = |F=1,m F<br />

=-1〉<br />

F = 1<br />

m F<br />

= -2 -1 0 1 2<br />

“Qubit states“ of 87 Rb<br />

• both magnetically trappable<br />

• nearly identical potentials<br />

• l<strong>on</strong>g coherence lifetime

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