Sideband cooling while preserving coherences in the nuclear spin state in group-II-like atoms

Abstract

We propose a method for laser cooling group-II-like atoms without changing the quantum state of their nuclear spins, thus preserving coherences that are usually destroyed by optical pumping. As group-II-like atoms have a ${}^1{S}_0$ closed-shell ground state, nuclear spin and electronic degrees of freedom are decoupled, allowing for independent manipulation. The hyperfine interaction that couples these degrees of freedom in excited states can be suppressed through the application of external magnetic fields. Our protocol employs resolved-sideband cooling on the forbidden clock transition, ${}^1{S}_0\to {}^3{P}_0$, with quenching via coupling to the rapidly decaying ${}^1{P}_1$ state, deep in the Paschen-Back regime. This makes it possible to laser cool neutral atomic qubits without destroying the quantum information stored in their nuclear spins, as shown in two examples, ${}^{171}$Yb and ${}^{87}$Sr.

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