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Program and abstracts 8 and 9 October 2019 Conference center De Werelt Lunteren

43rd Meeting of the section NNV Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics schuine kaderlijn 4º

43rd Meeting of the section Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics (AMO)

Program and abstracts

Conference center De Werelt Lunteren

8 and 9 October 2019

Scientific Commitee : • Giel Berden • Anastasia Borschevsky • Klaasjan van Druten • Kjeld Eikema • Ronald Hanson • Steven Hoekstra • Femius Koenderink • Servaas Kokkelmans • Wolfgang Löffler • Bas v.d. Meerakker • Herman Offerhaus (chair) • Dries van Oosten • Paul Planken • Caspar van der Wal

Program Committee : • Femius Koenderink • Paul Planken

This meeting is organized under the auspices of the NNV-section Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, with financial support of The Netherlands Foundation of Scientific Research.

Conference coordination : Erna Gouwens (RU) Tuesday 8 October 2019

10.00 Arrival, registration 10.40 Opening by the chair of the section AMO Herman Offerhaus

chair : Robert Spreeuw 10.45 I 1 Jun Ye ( JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Colorado) “ matter and atomic clocks”

11.30 Short lectures: (Europa room) O 1 Felipe Bernal Arango (Department of Quantum Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology) “Cloaking NSOM probes” O 2 Matthijs Berghuis (Eindhoven University of Technology) “Strong light-matter coupling to enhance triplet harvesting in tetracene crystal” O 3 Tom Bosma (Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen) “Measuring -flip times of deep-level defects in SiC” O 4 Conor Bradley (Qutech, Delft University of Technology) “A 10-qubit solid-state spin register with up to one minute”

12.30 Lunch

chair : Bas van de Meerakker 14.00 I 2 Sandra Brünken (FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University Nijmegen) “Unravelling isomers of reactive ionic intermediates using FELIX”

14.45 Short lectures : (Europa room) O 5 Norman Ewald (Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam) “Rydberg excitation of ultracold atoms interacting with trapped ions” O 6 Matthias Germann (Laserlab, VU University, Amsterdam) “Probing the proton-electron mass ratio through Doppler-free two- spectroscopy of HD+”

4 15.15 Coffee/tea break (attach posters)

15.45 Short lectures: (Europa room)

O 7 Guoqiang Tang (Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen) “Complete state-resolved dipolar bimolecular collissions” O 8 Amir Khodabakhsh (Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University) “Time-resolved mid- dual-comb spectroscopy: towards study of dynamic processes in ” O 9 Kenneth Lai (Laserlab, VU University, Amsterdam) “Testing quantum calculations with measurements on radioactive molecular isotopologues” O 10 Pi Haase (Van Swinderen Institute of Particle Physics and Gravity, University of Groningen) ”Magnetic hyperfine coupling constants with relativistic coupled cluster theory”

16.45 Poster presentations (odd numbers)

18.00 Dinner (restaurant)

19.15 Poster presentations (even numbers)

chair: Femius Koenderink 21.15 I 3 Diederik Roest (Theoretical High Physiscs – Van Swinderen Institute for Part. Phys and Gravity, Groningen University) “ The Big Bang and the CMB: the latest news from the oldest light”

5 Wednesday 9 October

08.00 Breakfast (restaurant, please remove the luggage from your room)

chair : Steven Hoekstra 08.45 I 4 Julian Berengut (UNSW, Sydney Australia) “Searching for new physics in precision spectroscopy of atomic and ions”

09.30 Short talks (Europa room) O 11 Olga Lushchikova (FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University Nijmegen) “Spectroscopic characterization of copper clusters for catalytic

CO2 fixation” O 12 Reinier van der Meer (Twente University) “Optimizing spontaneous parametric down-conversion sources for boson sampling” O 13 Thomas Meijknecht (van Swinderen Institute, Groningen University) “Search for a permanent electron electric dipole moment (eEDM) using BaF molecules” O 14 Sylvianne Roscam Abbing (ARCNL, Amsterdam) “Divergence control of high- enables high brightness extreme- sources”

10.30 Coffee/tea break

chair : Tim Taminiau 11.00 I 5 Claire Le Gall (Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge) Collective ancilla memory for semiconductor quantum dots

11.45 Short talks (Europa room) O 15 Charlaine Roth (Laserlab, VU University, Amsterdam) “High-precision Ramsey-comb spectroscopy in combination with high-harmonic generation” O 16 Maximilian Ruf (Qutech, Technical University Delft) A cavity-enhanced node in diamond” O 17 Najmeh Sadegh (ARCNL, Amsterdam) “Soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy of inorganic photoresists”

6 O 18 Thomas Secker (Technical University Eindhoven) “Coupled-channels analysis of Feshbach resonances in a Mott insulator”

12.45 Lunch

chair : Herman Offerhaus 13.55 Presentation winner poster award

chair : Kjeld Eikema O 19 Martin Caldarola (Technical University Delft) “Photothermal circular dichroism: a new technique to study chiral materials” O 20 John Sheil (ARCNL, Amsterdam) “Opacity of a laser-produced Sn plasma source of extreme ultraviolet light for nanolithography”

14.30 I 6 Matteo Tacca (NIKHEF, Amsterdam) How to measure a distance of one thousandth of the proton diameter? The detection of gravitational waves.

15.20 Finish

7 Jun Ye JILA, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Colorado

I 1 Quantum matter and atomic clocks

Relentless pursuit of spectroscopy resolution has been a key driving force for important scientific and technological breakthroughs, including the invention of laser and the creation of cold atomic matter. The most stable lasers now maintain optical phase over tens of seconds. Meanwhile, precise engineering of individual atoms in both internal and external degrees of freedom has led to the unprecedented measurement performance for time and . The use of many atoms not only enhances counting statistics, but also provides a powerful tool to protect against systematic uncertainties. At the core of the new three-dimensional optical lattice clock is a quantum gas of fermionic atoms spatially configured to guard against motional and collisional effects. This precise control of light-matter interactions is fostering new capabilities for probing fundamental and emerging phenomena.

8 Cloaking NSOM probes Strong light-matter coupling to enhance triplet exciton harvesting in tetracene crystals

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Felipe Bernal Arango, Filippo Alpeggiani, Matthijs Berghuis, Alexei Halpin, Quynh Le-Van, Francesco Monticone, Andrea Alu, Mohammad Ramezani, Shaojun Wang, Thomas Krauss, Kobus Kuipers, Shunsuke Murai, Jaime Gómez Rivas Delft University of Technology Eindhoven University of Technology

Measurement entails perturbation. This Organic semiconductors are the basis of is a general truth both in classical and organic optoelectronic devices, such as quantum physics. In the specific case of organic LEDs and organic photovoltaics. electrodynamics the act of measuring while To reach the best performance of these de- perturbing the fields is clearly illustrated by vices, we need to control and optimize the the optical theorem, which tells us that one properties of the semiconductor, such as cannot have absorption without scattering. absorption and emission cross sections and In the case of near-field scanning optical the dynamics of excited states. A promising microscopy (NSOM), perturbation is method to selectively control the exciton especially evident when the electromag- energy levels and their properties is by netic modes of the nanophotonic structures strong coupling to resonances in optical under investigation are strongly confined cavities. Strong coupling opens unique and the mode volume is comparable to opportunities for modification of the the effective size of the NSOM probe. optoelectronic properties and the dynamics The probe-structure interactions can be of the system. understood in terms of induced electric and magnetic dipole moments on the probe. In this work, we fabricate arrays of silver Inspired by the concept of ‘Cloaked nanoparticles that support collective sensors’ we nanostructure the probe to plasmonic resonances. These resonances balance the induced moments, so that the can couple strongly to singlet probe-structure interaction is minimized. in tetracene. We show that this coupling At the same time, the cloaked probe still modifies the singlet and, scatters light into its guided mode for thereby, changes the absorption and emis- near-field measurements. Our results show sion spectra of tetracene. Most intriguingly, that by nano-structuring the probe one can we observe a factor of four increase in the control the interaction with the resonant delayed fluorescence due to the enhanced mode of the sample, paving the way for harvesting of long-lived triplet excitons by non-perturbative near-field measurements. strong light-matter coupling.

9 Measuring spin-flip times of A 10-qubit solid-state spin deep-level defects in SiC register with quantum memory up to one minute

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T. Bosma1, D. van Hien1, C. Gilardoni1, C.E. Bradley, J. Randall and T. H. Taminiau P. Wolff1, I. Ivanov2, N. Son2, and QuTech, Delft University of Technology C. H. van der Wal1 1 Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, Spins associated to defects in solids are University of Groningen promising qubits for quantum networks. 2 Semiconductor Materials Research Division, Recent experiments have demonstrated Linköping University, Sweden high-fidelity operations and long-range entanglement. However, control has been Recent results of our group identified the limited to a few qubits, with entangled molybdenum-impurity in SiC as a platform states of three spins demonstrated. for with spin-active emitters near telecom [1]. Here, we present novel control gates for an Its bright optical transitions, together with electron spin coupled to nuclear spins [1] long spin-dephasing times at 2 K, allow and use these gates to realize a 10-qubit for efficient interfacing with neighboring quantum register using an NV-centre in

quantum systems. However, the defect’s T1 diamond (Figure 1a). We show that all spin lifetime has not yet been reported. We qubits in the register can be pair-wise

report measurements of this T1 spin lifetime entangled (Figure 1b). Furthermore, we from pump-probe experiments, but find that demonstrate 7-qubit entanglement, and the signals are influenced by dynamics via coherence times up to 63(2) seconds. levels with decay times similar These are the largest quantum register

to T1. By adding extra optical control we and longest coherence times reported for can suppress the influence of the ionization solid-state spin qubits, opening the door dynamics, and we extract spin-flip times on to advanced quantum algorithms. the order of milliseconds at 2 K. [1] C. E. Bradley et al., submitted. (arXiv:1905.02094) [1] T. Bosma et al., npj Quantum Inf. 4, 48 (2018)

10 Sandra Brünken FELIX Laboratory, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen

I 2 Unravelling isomers of reactive ionic intermediates using FELIX

Hydrocarbon and nitrile ions play an important role in the chemistry of planetary atmos- pheres and the interstellar medium. Laboratory spectroscopic studies of these essential reaction intermediates give valuable insights on their geometrical and electronic structure, and provide accurate transition needed for their identification in space. Conventional absorption spectroscopy has in the past been successfully applied for spectroscopic studies of molecular ions, but is often hampered by low number densities and spectral congestion due to the multitude of species produced at high excitation during their formation process. These limitations can be overcome by performing experi- ments on mass-selected ions in cryogenic ion trap instruments.

Here I will present laboratory data on the gas phase spectra of several hydrocarbon and + + nitrile cations ranging in size from comparatively small systems (e.g., C3H2 , CH2CN ) to PAH cations, made possible by recent developments of sensitive methods for action spectroscopy of cold, trapped ions. A focus will be on infrared experiments and methods to disentangle the isomeric composition of ionic samples, using the unique combination of a cryogenic ion trap instrument interfaced to the infrared free electron lasers at the FELIX Laboratory [1,2]. Progress towards rotational spectroscopic studies on some of these systems using a novel action spectroscopic scheme based on state-dependent attachment of He atoms to the cold molecular ions will be reported [3].

[1] Jusko et al., Faraday Discuss. (2019), in press, doi: 10.1039/c8fd00225h [2] https://www.ru.nl/felix/ [3] Brünken et al., J. Mol. Spectrosc. 332 (2017) 67

Figure 1: Vibrational spectra of two

+ isomers of C3H2 recorded using Ne-tagging of cold ions in a cryogenic ion trap in combination with the intense and widely tunable IR-radiation of the FELIX lasers.

11 Rydberg excitation of ultracold Probing the proton-electron atoms interacting with mass ratio through trapped ions Doppler-free two-photon spectroscopy of HD+

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Norman V. Ewald, Thomas Feldker, M. Germann, S. Patra, K. S. E. Eikema, Henrik Hirzler, Matteo Mazzanti, W. Ubachs and J. C. J Koelemeij Henning A. Fürst, and Rene Gerritsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam University of Amsterdam We have performed Doppler-free two-pho- We report on the observation of interac- ton spectroscopy of cold, trapped HD+ tions between ultracold Rydberg atoms ions to measure a ro-vibrational transition and ions in a Paul trap [1]. Their observed frequency with a relative uncertainty of inelastic collisions, manifested in charge a few parts-per-trillion. Using highly transfer, exceed Langevin collisions for precise ab-initio calculations [1], these atoms by almost three orders measurements allow – for the first time – to of magnitude in rate. The ion loss spec- determine the proton-electron mass ratio, trum exhibits a tail on the side of the μ, from molecular spectroscopy with a Rydberg resonance which we attribute to precision competitive with that of state-of- the electric field of a single ion. Further- the-art Penning trap mass measurements more, we demonstrate Rydberg excitation [2, 3]. Hence, our method provides both on a dipole-forbidden transition with the a new value of μ and a cross check of aid of the electric field of a single trapped existing methods. In addition, our results ion. The techniques may allow to create provide an indication of the values of spin-spin interactions between atoms and the proton radius and Rydberg constant, ions [2] and to overcome recently observed and may even serve as a probe of physics heating due to ionic micromotion in at- beyond the Standard Model. om-ion hybrids [3,4]. [1] V.I. Korobov, J.-Ph. Karr, L. Hilico, Phys. Rev. [1] N.V. Ewald, T. Feldker, H. Hirzler, H. Fürst, Lett. 118, 233001 (2017). and R. Gerritsma, PRL 122, 253401 (2019). [2] F. Heiße et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 033001 (2017). [2] T. Secker, R. Gerritsma, A.W. Glätzle, [3] S. Sturm et al. Nature 506, 467 (2014). and A. Negretti, PRA 94, 013420 (2016). [3] T. Secker et al., PRL 118, 263201 (2017). [4] Z. Meir et al., PRL 117, 243401 (2016).

12 12 Complete state-resolved Time-resolved mid-infrared dipolar bimolecular collisions dual-comb spectroscopy: towards study of dynamic processes in plasma

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Guoqiang Tang, Zhi Gao, Sebastiaan Amir Khodabakhsh, Muhammad Ali Abbas, Y.T. van de Meerakker Qing Pan, Julien Mandon, and Frans J.M. Harren Spectroscopy of Cold Molecules, Institute for Institute for Molecules and Materials, Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Radboud University, Nijmegen Nijmegen Time-resolved dual-comb spectroscopy A detailed understanding of molecular (TRDCS) is a powerful technique which interactions is crucial for the interpretation simultaneously yields a broadband, high of microscopic dynamics. The crossed resolution, and time-resolved spectrum. molecular beam technique proved to be a For the first time, we developed a TRDCS sophisticated approach to obtain detailed system in the mid-infrared information of potential energy surfaces. range – the so called “finger print” region Despite the success in studying collisions –where most of the molecules have their between atoms and molecules, complete fundamental ro-vibrational bands. We use

quantum-state resolved bimolecular colli- our system to studying a CH4 gas sample in sions are experimentally more challenging an electrical discharge, performing time-re- because of the low particle density in the solved spectroscopy in millisecond and colliding beams. microsecond scales, while the discharge is We combined a Stark decelerator and a modulated between dark and glow regimes.

hexapole in a crossed molecular beam con- We monitor the production of C2H6, one figuration to produce two molecular beams of the discharge products, as well as

of NO radicals and ND3 molecules with the excitation of CH4 molecules which an almost perfect quantum-state purity. allows us to simultaneously investigate State-resolved inelastic collisions between the dynamics of both processes. We also 2 NO (X Π1/2, j=1/2, f) and ND3 (jkp=11-) observe the collisional relaxation process

molecular beams are studied. From the of the exited CH4 molecules using different

measurement, we successfully observed ro-vibrational exited states of CH4. This the correlated energy transfer in rotational- new approach is a perfect tool to simulta-

ly NO-ND3 inelastic collisions. neously monitor different aspects of the kinetics of fast chemical reactions, such as transient species, branching, free radicals, and molecular excited states.

12 13 Testing quantum calculations Magnetic hyperfine coupling with measurements on radio- constants with relativistic active molecular hydrogen coupled cluster theory isotopologues

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K.-F. Lai1, P. Czachorowski2, M. Schloesser3, Pi A. B. Haase1, Miroslav Iliaš2, Ephraim Eliav3, M. Puchalski4, J. Komasa4, K. Pachucki2, and Anastasia Borschevsky1 W. Ubachs1, and E. J. Salumbides1 1 Van Swinderen Institute of Particle Physics and 1 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Gravity, University of Groningen, Groningen, LaserLaB, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands; De Boelelaan 1081, 1081 HV Amsterdam, 2 Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural The Netherlands Sciences, Matej Bel University, Banska Bystrica, 2 Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Slovakia; Pasteura 5, 02-093 Warsaw, Poland 3 School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, 3 Tritium Laboratory Karlsruhe, Institute Tel Aviv, Israel. of Technical Physics, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Accurate predictions of magnetic hyperfine Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggen- coupling constants are crucial in different stein-Leopoldshafen, Germany areas of atomic and molecular physics; from 4 Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, the determination of magnetic properties of Umultowska 89b, 61-614 Poznan, Poland exotic nuclei to the search for even better Molecular hydrogen, including its radioactive atomic or molecular clocks. In the field of tritium-containing isotopologues, is a testing precision experiments searching for new ground for quantum calculation in molecules. physics, the calculation of hyperfine coupling High resolution coherent anti-Stokes Raman constants can serve as a benchmark of a scattering (CARS) measurements were per- given theoretical method by comparison with formed on Q-branch fundamental vibrational known experimental data.

splittings Q(J) (v = 1 0, ΔJ = 0) of T2, DT and HT. We present results Q(J) lines up to We demonstrate the performances of two rela- J = 5 with an uncertainty 0.0004 cm-1. These tivistic coupled cluster methods, which treat measurements are compared to theoretical electron correlation and relativistic effects on calculation, including relativistic and QED highest level, for ground and excited states effect, with total uncertainty < 0.0004 cm-1. hyperfine coupling constants, using Cs, Ba The averaged difference between experi- and BaF as test systems. The results are in ex- mental results and calculations is less than cellent agreement with experimental data and 0.0002 cm-1. High precision studies on these especially the hyperfine coupling heavier species could help disentangling constants show a significant improvement various mass-dependent terms in calculations. compared to existing theoretical results.

14 Diederik Roest Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity University of Groningen

I 3 The Big Bang and the CMB : the latest news from the oldest light

Recent years have seen remarkable progress in our understanding of the origin of the Universe. Detailed observations of the cosmic background, the afterglow of the Big Bang, paint a surprisingly clear picture: both the entire Universe as well as the seeds for its large scale structures were created in its primordial phase. I will touch on the observational evidence and theoretical interpretation of this exciting development.

15 Julian Berengut University of New South Wales Sydney, Australia

I 4 Searching for new physics in precision spectroscopy of atoms and ions

The spectral properties of atoms and ions with more than a few electrons cannot be calculated with extremely high accuracy. Therefore, despite the extraordinary accuracy of precision spectroscopy, it is difficult to test the Standard Model in atomic systems by direct comparison of theory and experiment. On the other hand, differential measure- ments - for which the theory can be made sufficiently accurate - can provide strong tests of new physics.

Differential measurements in atomic systems include searches for parity-invariance and time-invariance violating amplitudes to probe the weak interaction [1]; changes in spectral energies over space and time to probe potential variations in fundamental constants [2] and violations of Lorentz invariance [3]; and precision isotope-shift measurements, which could uncover new force-carrying particles [4].

In this talk I will review recent developments in these searches. In particular, I will discuss emerging precision studies in highly charged ions, where the effects of new physics can be strongly enhanced [5].

[1] J. S. M. Ginges and V. V. Flambaum, Phys. Rep. 397, 63 (2004) [2] T. Rosenband et al. Science 319, 1808 (2008) [3] M. A. Hohensee et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 111, 050401 (2013) [4] J. C. Berengut et al. Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 091801 (2018) [5] M. G. Kozlov et al. Rev. Mod. Phys. 90, 045005 (2018)

16 Spectroscopic characterization Optimizing spontaneous para- of copper clusters for catalytic metric down-conversion

CO2 fixation sources for boson sampling

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Olga V. Lushchikova R. van der Meer1, J.J. Renema1, B. Brecht2, FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University Nijmegen C. Silberhorn2, and P.W.H. Pinkse1 1 MESA+ Institute for , Complex

The catalytic recycling of CO2 to liquid Photonic Systems (COPS), University of Twente fuels, such as methanol, may help to 2 University of Paderborn control the atmospheric CO2 content. Currently, methanol is produced industri- The next milestone in ally from syngas (CO2-CO-H2) under high processing is to demonstrate an experiment temperature and pressure conditions over a at which a quantum device outperforms a Cu/ZnO catalyst. A broad range of studies classical computer. This can be achieved suggest that the most active parts of the by sending single through a line- industrial catalyst are Cu nanoparticles. ar-optical network. However, this requires the generation of many spectrally pure To increase understanding of this reaction, (indistinguishable) single photons, which is we study the interaction of CO2 and H2 a nontrivial task. Spectral impurity reduces with copper clusters. For this, we elucidate the visibility of quantum interference of + the structure of Cun (n=1-10) clusters, and the photons, which can be mitigated by subsequently investigate their interaction filtering at the cost of optical losses. Unfor- with some common feedstock molecules, tunately, these losses are also detrimental such as CO2, H2 and methane. The methods to quantum interference. we use are IR photodissociation spec- troscopy and Density Functional Theory We recently demonstrated how to analyze calculations. the role of imperfections in multiphoton in- terference experiments [1]. We now apply these results to the problem of constructing single photon sources. In this work we show that an optimum exists where we can outperform a classical computer, using off-the-shelf parametric down-conversion photon sources. These results show that demonstrating a quantum advantage using photonics is difficult, but possible.

[1] J.J. Renema et al,. arXiv: 1809.01953 (2018)

17 Search for a permanent elec- Divergence control of high-harmo- tron electric dipole moment nic generation enables high-bright- (eEDM) using BaF molecules ness extreme-ultraviolet sources

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Thomas B. Meijknecht1, the NL-eEDM Sylvianne Roscam Abbing, Filippo Campi, collaboration1,2 Faegheh Sajjadian, and Peter M. Kraus 1 Van Swinderen Institute, University of Groningen Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography and Nikhef, National Institute for Subatomic (ARCNL), Amsterdam, The Netherlands Physics 2 LaserLab, Department of Physics High-harmonic generation (HHG) is a and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam technique that enables broadband, ultrafast, and highly coherent extreme ultraviolet A permanent electron electric dipole moment sources. However, the conversion efficiency (eEDM) is searched for using a BaF of the process is low, but all applications of molecular beam. We performed spectro- HHG require high-brightness sources. scopic measurements with a supersonic In addition, the HHG pulses have a dou-

BaF beam. The lifetimes of the AΠ1/2 and ble-Gaussian beam profile that gives rise

AΠ3/2 states were measured. An eEDM to chromatic aberrations, which are rooted search with a BaF beam puts stringent in the quantum-mechanical nature of the requirements on the fields in an interaction generation mechanism. By using both 800 zone. The requirements are an electric field nm and 400 nm femtosecond pulses for the of O(10 kV/cm) and a magnetic field O(10 generation process, we can manipulate the nT), both with small field gradients i.e. less attosecond electron dynamics of the HHG than 1% inhomogeneity. We are currently process, which impacts the phase front of building the interaction zone to work with the generated pulses. We have shown by an the supersonic BaF beam. Ultimately the extensive parameter study that the relative sensitivity will be improved using a sub- polarization, the ratio between and the stantially decelerated and laser-cooled BaF phase of the two fields can be used to molecular beam. improve the beam profile by suppress- ing the tails of the spatial profile, while increasing the overall conversion effi- ciency. Our result pave the way towards high-brightness HHG sources with im- proved beam profiles.

18 Claire Le Gall Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, JJ Thomson Avenue, Cambridge, United Kingdom

I 5 Collective ancilla memory for semiconductor quantum dots

Interfaces between single photons and single spins underpin the promise of flexible quantum architectures and unconditional security for communication. Their versatility arises from our ability to measure the spin information deterministically and use photons to generate entanglement between spins over large distances. Using leading solid-state systems, semiconductor quantum dots (QDs) and Nitrogen Vacancies in diamond, important milestones have been reached [1]. In the case of QDs, their near-ideal optical properties have allowed to distribute entanglement at an unprec- edented rate of 7.3 kHz. Thus far, fewer praises can be sung about their spin coherence. The electron couples to a mesoscopic ensemble of N~100,000 nuclei and gaining control over this many-body system to the point where nuclei are a resource is a frontier chal- lenge in the field. In this talk, I will present our latest efforts to control collective nuclear states [2, 3]. In our experiments, we operate the electron both as a control and a probe of the total nuclear spin polarisation, Iz. For a thermal nuclear ensemble, fluctuations of this polar- isation (~√N) broaden the electron spin linewidth to ~100MHz (pink curve in Fig. 1D). Using an all-optical method to prepare the nuclei, we reduce the uncertainty on nuclear polarisation (purple curve in Fig. 1D) to well below the nuclear Zeeman energy (ωz~20M- Hz), thus allowing to resolve the hyperfine levels of the electron-nuclear system (Fig. 1C) and access magnon modes, appearing as weakly allowed sideband transitions (Fig. 1E and F). The overarching goal is to use these collective nuclear modes for quantum storage [4], a decisive step towards a scalable distributed network.

[1] W. B. Gao et al. Nature Photonics 9, 373-373 (2015) [2] D. A. Gangloff et al. Science 364, 62-66 (2019) [3] J. H. Bodey et al. arXiv:1906.00427 (2019) [4] E. V. Denning et al. arXiv:1904.11180 (2019)

Figure 1: Spectrally resolved nuclear magnons.

19 High-precision Ramsey-comb A cavity-enhanced quantum spectroscopy in combination network node in diamond with high-harmonic generation

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C. Roth L.S. Dreissen, E.L. Gründeman, M. Ruf 1, M. Weaver1, S. B. van Dam1, J.J. Krauth, M.F.M. Collombon, M. IJspeert1, G. Evers1, M. Eschen2, and K.S.E. Eikema H. van den Berg2, J. Flipse2, N. de Jong2, LaserLaB Amsterdam, Department of Physics and R. Hanson1 and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 1 QuTech and Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology We combine for the first time Ramsey-comb 2 QuTech and Netherlands Organization spectroscopy (RCS), based on pairs of for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) frequency-comb pulses, and high-harmonic generation (HHG). This coherent process Future quantum networks rely on entan- enables upconversion of high-intensity glement shared between their nodes; one (near-) infrared laser pulses to the promising node candidate are nitrogen-va- and extreme ultraviolet (VUV and XUV). cancy (NV) centers in diamond. We have However, plasma creation in the HHG recently achieved success rates of generat- medium induces a time-dependent phase ing entanglement between nodes of 40 Hz shift, which is detrimental for the RCS [1]; these rates are limited by the emission method. We investigate such phase shifts probability of a spin-selective NV photon in by measuring the atomic phase evolution the zero- line, as well as the photon with RCS of the 5p6 5p58d transition in collection efficiency [1]. Embedding a NV xenon at 110 nm (seventh harmonic). center between two micron-spaced highly While phase effects can be significant reflective mirrors can address both challeng- for short timescales es, benefitting from large Purcell enhance- (< 16 ns), they become negligible for longer ment. Here, we present results of cavity inter-pulse delays. It enabled us to perform experiments using novel devices [2] that spectroscopy with the highest relative combine optically coherent NV centers with accuracy (2.3x10-10) achieved so far with micrometer-thin diamond membranes. HHG, mainly limited by the short transit time of the xenon atoms through the refo- [1] P. Humphreys et al., Nature 558, 268-273, 2018 cused VUV beam. The results show great [2] M. Ruf et al., Nano Letters 19, 3987-3992, 2019 promise for measuring accurately the 1S-2S transition frequency in He+ to improve tests of theory.

20 Soft X-ray absorption spectro- Coupled-channels analysis scopy of inorganic photoresists of Feshbach resonances in a Mott insulator

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N. Sadegh, L.F. Campi, J. Haitjema, Thomas Secker and Servaas Kokkelmans M. van der Geest, P. Kraus, and A.M. Brouwer, Eindhoven University of Technology, S. Castellanos Ortega The Netherlands ARCNL - Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography, Science Park 106, Ultracold atomic gas experiments have 1098 XG Amsterdam, proven to be a versatile ground for studying , quantum many-body Metal-oxo clusters such as tin-oxo cage physics, quantum simulation and com- compounds are synthesized in our group as putation. A precise model for two-body promising new extreme- ultraviolet (EUV) collisions in those systems is essential. resists, while little is known regarding the Coupled-channels models can accurately EUV driven chemistry. Broadband soft-x describe the two-atom system at ultra- ray photons with energies of 25-45 eV cold temperatures by detailed interaction generated from a high harmonic set-up potentials that are finetuned by just a few were used for X-ray absorption spectroscopy parameters, determined from experiment. (XAS) of these inorganic materials. We extend such a coupled-channels model [1] to include the situation in a Mott insulator The resultant XAS spectra show an overall phase of ultracold bosonic atoms, where increase in the sample’s transmission two atoms are confined to one lattice site. with exposure doses up to ~1500 mJ/cm2. Of particular importance is the specific Complimentary, RGA (Residual Gas Ana- conversion between the on-site interaction lyzer) measurements, performed in IMEC, energy, which remains finite in the lattice showed that only hydrocarbon compounds when the scattering length is diverging. are released with no indication for the Recently spectroscopic techniques allowed outgassing of tin-containing materials. for a precise experimental determination In the XAS spectra, two peaks around of the on-site interaction energy in a 27 and 40 eV were observed with a corre- system of 7Li [2], we analyze this data with sponding and red shift trend over our model to improve the precision exposure, which could be ascribed ten- of current lithium interaction potentials. tatively to a decrease and increase in the negative charge density of tin and oxygen [1] N. Gross et al., Comptes Rendus Physique 12, 4 (2011). atoms, respectively, as a result of a [2] J. Amato-Grill et al., Phys. Rev. A 99, 033612 (2019). previously proposed condensation reaction.

21 Photothermal Circular Dichroism: Opacity of a laser-produced a new technique to study chiral Sn plasma source of extreme materials ultraviolet light for nanolithography

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P. Spaeth1, S. Adhikari1, L. Le1, T. Bauer2, F. Torretti1,2, J. Sheil1, R. Schupp1, M. Caldarola2, L. Kuipers2 and M. Orrit1 R. Hoekstra1,3, W. Ubachs1,2, A. J. Neukirch4, 1 Leiden University J. Colgan4, and O. O. Versolato1 2 Technical University Delft 1 ARCNL, Amsterdam 2 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Chirality, the absence of mirror-symmetry 3 University of Groningen in an object, is a fundamental property of 4 Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA many materials. Here, we present a new optical technique that combines photother- Highly charged tin ions are employed in mal microscopy with polarization-tailored next-generation nanolithography as sources light beams to obtain an enantioselective of narrow-band extreme ultraviolet light at a optical signal. Our technique is sensitive wavelength of 13.5 nm. These ions are bred to the differential absorption of right and in laser-produced plasmas (LPPs) formed by

left circularly polarized light: Δσ= σ_L- irradiating tin microdroplets with high-inten-

σ_R, which is nonzero for chiral absorbing sity lasers. The interpretation of experimental objects. Figure 1 shows a proof-of-principle spectra recorded from such LPPs necessitates set of measurements with individual chiral an understanding of the opacities of such nanostructures of different handedness that plasmas. In this work, we present tin-plasma evidences the enantioselective capabilities opacities calculated using the Los Alamos of the technique. opacity code ATOMIC at conditions relevant to the production of 13.5 nm photons. The calculations, performed under the assumption of local thermodynamic equilib- rium, reveal surprising contributions from highly-excited states to the total opacity. The topic of atomic structure completeness Figure 1: Photothermal circular dichroism images of plasmonic nanostructures. Optical image of a left-handed (a), achiral and its influence on the calculated opacity (b), and right-handed (c) gold nanorod dimer. Insets: SEM images of the respective structures. will be discussed. Finally, we compare our theoretical calculations with experimental spectra recorded at ARCNL. The single-tem- perature, single-density approach adopted in the calculations is found to excellently reproduce the experimental spectra.

22 Matteo Tacca Detector R-and-D Nikhef, Amsterdam

I 6 How to measure a distance of one thousandth of the proton diameter? The detection of gravitational waves.

The detection of gravitational waves (GW) is one of the main challenges of contemporary physics. The existence of gravitational radiation is one of the most important predictions of the General Theory of Relativity: every accelerating massive body loses energy by emitting a traveling distortion of the space-time metric. Despite this great generality, the gravitational interaction weakness imposes stringent requirements on the bodies that can emit non-neg- ligible amounts of energy by gravitational waves: they are emitted by violent astrophysical phenomena such as coalescences of neutron stars or black holes. The first direct observation of a gravitational wave emitted by the coalescence of two black holes was done in 2015, while the first detection of a gravitational wave emitted by the merging of two neutron stars was made in 2017. These observations allowed important tests of General Relativity and opened a totally new window onto the Universe, providing a new tool for and cosmology.

In order to detect Gravitational Waves, the design and the implementation of very sensitive, complex and technologically advanced instruments, able to detect the infinitesimal time var- ying strains in space-time, are needed. Among the various proposed experimental methods, long baseline optical interferometry was the first able to directly detect gravitational waves: Virgo in Europe and LIGO in USA are two large-scale, Earth-based Fabry-Pérot Michelson interferometers operating for the last years. In this presentation the instrumental challenges of a gravitational-wave interferometer will be discussed, focusing mainly on the optical ones.

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Conference center De Werelt Lunteren

25 Poster Program 2019

P 1 Muhammad Ali Abbas (Life Science Trace Gas Facility, Molecular and Laser Physics, Institute of Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen) “Mid infrared dual-comb spectroscopy using a passive optical reference ” P 2 Sonakshi Arora (Kavli Insititute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands) “Visualization of edge states in topologically non-trivial photonic crystals” P 3 Dashdeleg Baasanjav (Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University) “Ultra-fast laser induced gas flow visualization using digital holography” P 4 H.M.J. Bastiaens (Laser Physics and Nonlinear Optics group, University of Twente) “Kerr frequency comb generation in silicon nitride micro-ring resonators” P 5 H.M.J. Bastiaens (Laser Physics and Nonlinear Optics group, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente) “Exploring the polarization dependence of supercontinuum generation in silicon-nitride waveguides” P 6 Thomas Bauer (TU Delft) “Fractional orbital angular momentum in 2D light fields” P 7 Rudolf F.H.J. van der Beek (LaserLaB, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam) “Towards metastable helium atom interferometry” P 8 Z. Bouza (ARCNL, The Netherlands, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) “Spectral investigation of Sn laser-produced plasmas in the extreme ultraviolet range” P 9 D.J.M. Braun (Eindhoven University of Technology) “Evolution of the unitary Bose gas for broad- to narrow Feshbach resonances” P10 F.M.J. Cozijn (LaserLaB, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) “Cryogenic cavity-enhanced spectroscopy to resolve hyperfine spectrum in HD” P11 M.L. Diouf (Department of Physics and Astronomy, LaserLaB, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) “Lamb dips and Lamb peaks in the saturation spectrum of HD” P12 Khalil Eslami Jahromi (Trace Gas Research Group, Department of Molecular and Laser Physics, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands) “Broadband multi-species gas detection by upconverting mid-infrared supercontinuum light into the near-infrared” P13 Francesca Famà (Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam) “Towards a steady-state superradiant active optical clock” P14 V.Fedoseev (Universiteit Leiden) “State transfer in optomechanics via STIRAP” P15 F. Campi (Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL), Amsterdam) “A high average-power table-top high-harmonic generation source for spectroscopy in the water window”

26 P16 C.A.A. Franken (University of Twente) “An approach towards hybrid integrated diode lasers for the visible spectra range” P17 Maarten van der Geest (Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography (ARCNL), Amsterdam) “Measuring deep UV and extreme UV induced luminescence in metal-oxo based photoresists” P18 C. M. Gilardoni (University of Groningen) “Optical spectroscopy of transition metal defects in silicon carbide” P19 Thijs van Gogh (Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft, Delft University of Technology) “Singularities of 2D random light waves” P20 R. González Escudero (Van der Waals - Zeeman Institute, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam ) “Almost degenerate steady-state strontium” P21 E.L. Gründeman (LaserLaB Amsterdam, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

“Tests of fundamental physics using Ramsey-Comb spectroscopy on H2” P22 Guido de Haan (ARCNL, Amsterdam) “Femtosecond time resolved pump-probe measurements on percolating gold in the ablation regime” P23 Yongliang Hao (University of Groningen) “Diatomic molecules as probes for nuclear anapole moment effect” P24 Javier Hernandez-Rueda (Kavli Institute of NanoScience, TU Delft)

“Nonlinear optical response of WS2” P25 Jan Hidding (Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen) “Opto-Spintronics in 2D van der Waals heterostructures” P26 H. Hirzler (Van der Waals-Zeeman Instituut, Institute of Physics, Universiteit van Amsterdam) “Buffer gas cooling of a trapped ion to the quantum regime” P27 Daniel Horke (Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen) “Towards structural-isomer-resolved ultrafast photochemistry” P28 Yining Huo (Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen) “Electronic structure changes of gas-phase PAH cations as induced by successive atomic H attachment” P29 J. Hussels (Department of Physics and Astronomy, LaserLaB, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

“Improved determination of the dissociation energy and ortho-para splitting of H2” P30 Thomas Jollans (Huygens–Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Universiteit Leiden) “Time-resolved temperature measurement of plasmonic hot electrons using single-particle sub-picosecond anti-Stokes luminescence” P31 Ben Kassenberg (MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, Complex Photonic Systems (COPS), University of Twente) “Controlled tunnel couplings in a network of photon Bose-Einstein condensates”

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P32 Radoslaw Kolkowski (Resonant Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Amsterdam) “Time dependence of plasmonic near-fields studied by interferometric autocorrelation” P33 I.Komen (Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Department of Quantum Nanoscience )

“Exciton-polaritons in monolayer WS2” P34 V. Kooij ( and quantum information, Leiden University) “Flow induced shaping of laser plasmas in atmospheric-pressure helium” P35 J.J. Krauth (LaserLaB Amsterdam, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) “Measurement of the 1S-2S transition of trapped He+ via XUV Ramsey-Comb spectroscopy” P36 Rob Lammerink (Laser Physics and Nonlinear Optics, University of Twente)

“Towards frequency stabilization of a chip-based, ultra-narrow linewidth InP-Si3N4 hybrid laser” P37 Wen Li (Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen) “New insights into irradiation damage of ultra-small G-rich oligoes” P38 Sheng Xu (Eindhoven University of Technology) “A rubidium focused ion beam instrument” P39 Jinglun Li (Eindhoven University of Technology) “State-to-state calculation of ultracold three-body collision in a magnetic field” P40 Malika Denis (Van Swinderen Institute, University of Groningen) “Theoretical contribution to the search of CP-violation in molecules” P41 Aravindh Nivas Marimuthu (FELIX Laboratory, Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen) “Rotational State-dependent attachment of rare gas atoms to molecular ions” P42 Hidde Makaskei (Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity (VSI), University of Groningen, and Nikhef, Amsterdam) “Traveling-wave stark deceleration of SrF and BaF molecules” P43 M. Mazzanti (Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands) “Trapped ions in optical microtraps” P44 Paul Mestrom (Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven) “Elastic scattering of three ultracold bosons” P45 Maarten C. Mooij (LaserLaB, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) “A buffer-gas cooled molecular source of BaF in the search for an eEDM” P46 M. Morshed Behbahani (Van Swinderen Institute) “Optically levitated nanoparticles” P47 Silvia Musolino (Eindhoven University of Technology) “Cluster formation in quenched unitary Bose Gases”

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P48 Marc Noordam (Department of Quantum Nanoscience, TU Delft ) “Enhancement of second- and third- order nonlinear processes on metal nanostructures and 2D materials” P49 Julianna Palotas (FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University, Nijmegen)

“The IR spectrum of protonated buckminsterfullerene, C60H+” P50 Isabelle Palstra (Center for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam) “An unbiased view on perovskite intermittency by changepoint analysis” P51 J. Scheers (ARCNL, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam) “EUV spectroscopy on highly charged tin ions in an electron beam ion trap” P52 V. Plomp (Spectroscopy of Cold Molecules, Radboud University Nijmegen) “High-resolution imaging of controlled molecular collisions using a Zeeman decelerated beam” P53 Marcel Scholten (Debye Institute for NanoMaterials Science, Utrecht University) “Timescale of interactions in a Bose-Einstein condensate of photons” P54 M.L. Reitsma (Van Swinderen Institute, University of Groningen) “High accuracy prediction of the hyperfine coupling constants and the field shifts of tin” P55 Bas Schuttrups (Laser Physics and nonlinear Optics, Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, University of Twente) “Applying the to model Kerr frequency comb generation” P56 Evangelia Sakkoula (University of Hawaii, Department of Chemistry) “Small diameter Velocity Map Imaging lens for crossed molecular beam experiments” P57 Peter van der Slot (Laser Physics and Nonlinear Optics, University of Twente)

“Hybrid InP-Si3N4 dual-frequency laser for generating high-purity microwave signals P58 Peter van der Slot (Laser Physics and Nonlinear Optics, University of Twente) “Towards x-ray free-electron laser oscillators” P59 J. Smits (Nanophotonics, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University) “Directly measuring the bosonic enhancement of the in ultra-cold Bose gases” P60 P. Steindl (LION - Quantum Matter & Optics Leiden University) “Quantum dot based source of photonic cluster states” P61 Kees Steinebach (Van Swinderen Institute, University of Groningen) “Search for the electron EDM with polyatomic molecules” P62 T. de Jongh (Radboud University, Institute for Molecules and Materials) “State-to-state controlled collisions approaching the Wigner regime” P63 P. Thekkeppatt (Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam) “Roadmap to Rb-Sr dipolar rovibronic ground-state molecules” P64 A. Urech (Van der Waals - Zeeman Institute, University of Amsterdam) “A Programmable Rydberg

29 Poster Program 2019

P65 M.C. Velsink (MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Twente) “Temporal wavefront shaping for security applications” P66 Mario Vretenara (MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, Complex Photonic Systems (COPS), University of Twente) “Controlling the transverse flow of light in a high-finesse optical microresonator” P67 Xin Wang (Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen) “Soft X-ray photofragmentation of gas phase oligonucleotides” P68 Frank J. Wensink (FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University Nijmegen) “The reaction mechanism of CO2 hydrogenation over metal clusters” P69 Y. van der Werf (LaserLaB, VU Amsterdam) “Probing nuclear size effects with quantum degenerate helium” P70 Yanning Yin (Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics and Gravity (VSI), University of Groningen, and Nikhef, National Institute for Subatomic Physics) “Characterization of a cryogenic molecular beam source for a sensitive electron-EDM measurement” P71 Haider Zia (MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, Complex Photonic Systems (COPS), University of Twente) “Supercontinuum generation in media with sign-alternated dispersion”

30 Mid infrared dual-comb Visualization of edge states spectroscopy using a passive in topologically non-trivial optical reference photonic crystals

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Muhammad Ali Abbas, Amir Khodabakhsh, Sonakshi Arora1 and Nikhil Parrapurath2, Qing Pan, and Frans J.M. Harren Thomas Bauer1, René Barczyk2, Life Science Trace Gas Facility, Molecular Filippo Alpeggiani1, Ewold Verhagen2, and Laser Physics, Institute of Molecules and Kobus Kuipers1 Materials,Radboud University, P.O. Box 9010, 1 Kavli Insititute of Nanoscience, 6500 GL Nijmegen, The Netherlands Delft University of Technology, [email protected] Delft, The Netherlands 2 Center for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, The mid-infrared spectral region is of Amsterdam, The Netherlands special interest for gas spectroscopy, as many molecules have strong fundamental Topologically-protected edge states exist ro-vibrational transitions (for example, at the interface between two materials with CH, NH, OH stretching modes) in this different band topologies. With phase- and wavelength region. Here, we present a polarization-resolved optical near-field dual-comb spectrometer using a passive microscopy we investigate the properties optical reference work-ing in the 2.5-4.3 µm of the edge states at a topological photonic spectral region. Mid Infrared source is interface between two photonic crystals based on singly resonant OPO, pumped by and directly visualize their propagation. two near-infrared frequency combs with a We analyse higher-order Bloch harmon- slightly different repetition rates, locked to ics that compose the fields of the edge stable RF sources. Broadband molecular state, and retrieve its dispersion and decay spectra of the analyte are recorded by de- length. Further analysis reveals signatures tecting the heterodyne signal between the of underlying photonic spin-orbit cou- two mid-infrared beams. A passive optical pling, manifested by spatially-varying spin reference cell is used to correct the spectral densities. This opens the route for localized instabilities of the mid infrared optical fre- polarization-selective excitations. In our quency combs. This configuration allows work, we explore the small amount of spin- the recording of single- and multispecies spin scattering that distinguishes photonic molecular spectra in the wavelength region topological edge states from their electron- between 2.5-4.3 µm, with a spec-tral ic counterparts. The photonic edge states resolution of 0.2 cm-1 (6 GHz), with offer promising applications for routing absolute frequency calibration. and manipulating light at the nanoscale.

31 Ultra-fast laser induced gas Kerr frequency comb flow visualization using digital generation in silicon nitride holography micro-ring resonators

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Dashdeleg Baasanjav1, Javier Hernandez-Rueda1,2, Y. Klaver, H.M.J. Bastiaens, K.-J. Boller Allard P. Mosk1, and Dries van Oosten1 Laser Physics and Nonlinear Optics group, 1 Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, University of Twente Utrecht University 2 Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University Frequency comb generation in waveguide micro-ring resonators on a chip enables to realize compact, portable, and robust coherent sources with a large bandwidth We study femtosecond laser-induced flows span, finding use in various applications of air at a water/air interface, at micrometer including precision spectroscopy, frequen- length scales, by recording the transient cy metrology, and optical clocks. Essential reflectivity of shock waves. We simulta- properties for the resonator are a high qual- neously induce two flow fronts using two ity factor and small mode volume to yield adjacent laser pump spots with a spatial a low threshold, a dispersion engineered light modulator. When two fronts meet, cross section to fulfill phase matching a stationary shock wave is produced, the conditions, and appropriate optical laser length of which is a measure of the local excitation. flow velocity. By changing the distance between the pump spots, we map out the We demonstrate Kerr comb generation flow velocity around them. We find gas in micro-ring resonators fabricated from front velocities near the speed of sound of stoichiometric silicon nitride (Si3N4) air for two laser excitation energies. This with various ring diameters and coupling versatile method of using the spatial light parameters [1]. We report on the depend- modulator opens up the possibility of using ence of the threshold and the generated arbitrary illumination patterns that could comb spectrum on the quality factor of the lead to more complex effects. resonator and pump power, respectively.

[1] C.G.H. Roeloffzen et al., “Low-loss Si3N4 TriPleX optical waveguides: technology and applications over- view”, IEEE J. Sel.Top. Quant. Electron. 24, 4400321 (2018).

32 Exploring the polarization dependence Fractional orbital angular of supercontinuum generation in momentum in 2D light fields silicon-nitride waveguides

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R.A.M. van Zon, H.M.J. Bastiaens, Thomas Bauer and Kobus Kuipers N.M. Lüpken, C. Fallnich, and K.-J. Boller TU Delft Laser Physics and Nonlinear Optics group, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, Mapping intriguing quantum-mechanical University of Twente concepts to physically straightforwardly accessible optical systems has led to a The broad coherent spectra obtained by su- number of promising new research fields percontinuum generation (SCG) are of sig- such as topological photonics. One recent nificant importance for applications in, e.g., example of such a map is the analogy spectroscopy and precision metrology. Of between the Aharonov-Bohm effect and particular interest is SCG using integrated the vortex topology of light fields contain- optical waveguides fabricated from stoichi- ing fractional orbital angular momentum ometric silicon nitride (Si3N4), which has (OAM). provided the broadest supercontinuum on a chip [1]. Although SCG in silicon-nitride Here, we experimentally study the creation waveguides is extensively studied, it is and annihilation of optical vortices with limited to input beams polarized to excite integer topological charge existing in either the fundamental (quasi) TE- or TM- surface plasmon polariton waves while mode of these waveguides. adiabatically increasing the fractional Here, we explore the dependence of SCG OAM content of the underlying field. By in silicon-nitride waveguides on varying measuring the individual components of polarization directions of the pump and the complex spatial field distribution with varying birefringence of the waveguide sub-wavelength resolution, we are able to cross-section, both experimentally and nu- follow the step-wise increase of the total merically. Applying pump light polarized topological index of the field at half-integer to excite the TE and TM modes simul- OAM, analogous to the increase of the taneously, we find that the generated SC vortex strength of the magnetic flux line in spectrum becomes much broader than the the Aharonov-Bohm effect. spectra from the separately excited TE- and TM-modes.

[1] J. P. Epping et al., “On-chip visible-to-infrared supercontinuum generation with more than 495 THz spectral bandwidth”, Opt. Express 23, 19596 (2015).

33 Towards metastable helium Spectral investigation of Sn atom interferometry laser-produced plasmas in the extreme ultraviolet range

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Rudolf F.H.J. van der Beek, Z. Bouza1,2, J. Scheers1,2, J. Sheil1, Oleksiy Onischenko, Wim Vassen, Kjeld S.E. R. Schupp1,2, F. Torretti1,2, M. Bayraktar3, Eikema, and Hendrick L. Bethlem F. Bijkerk3, C.Shah4, H. Bekker4, LaserLaB, Department of Physics and J. R. C. Lopez-Urrutia4, W. Ubachs1,2, Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam R. Hoekstra1,5, and O. O. Versolato1 1 ARCNL, The Netherlands We plan to measure the recoil velocity of 2 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands a helium-4 atom in the triplet metastable 3 University of Twente, The Netherlands state (He*) when it absorbs a photon. 4 Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik, Germany An atom interferometry scheme will be 5 University of Groningen, The Netherlands used for sensitive velocity measurements, leading to an h/M measurement for helium. Tin (Sn) laser-produced plasmas (LPPs) are Combined with the well-known values of great technological interest, being used of the proton-to-electron mass ratio, the as sources of extreme ultraviolet light in Rydberg constant and the helium mass, the next-generation nanolithographic applica- fine-structure constant (α) can be obtained. tions. This is because of the emission of Sn in a 2% bandwidth around 13.5 nm which Alternatively, α can be obtained from is suitable for such applications. Due to the electron g-factor data combined with QED complex electronic configurations of the theory. These measurements are performed relevant ions Sn5+…Sn14+, arising from in different domains of physics, thus pro- their open 4d and 4p subshells, spectro- viding a consistency test of physics. scopic investigation of these plasmas can be quite challenging. In this work, we We have produced a He* BEC in a hybrid describe Sn LPP spectra through a com- magnetic/optical trap and loaded ultracold parison with charge-state resolved Sn ion samples into a crossed optical dipole trap spectra recorded in an Electron Beam Ion (ODT). We plan to transfer the sample to a Trap (EBIT), focusing in the 14 – 21 nm shallow horizontal optical lattice and to ac- region. Finally, we apply Collisional Radi- celerate this lattice, which will induce Bloch ative Modeling and the relativistic Flexible oscillations. These are an important tool in Atomic Code, to aid with the interpretation the interferometry scheme. We show the of experimental EBIT spectra. expected behaviour of atoms in the lattice and prospects for He*-interferometry. .

34 Evolution of the unitary Bose Cryogenic cavity-enhanced gas for broad- to narrow spectroscopy to resolve Feshbach resonances hyperfine spectrum in HD

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D.J.M. Braun, S.Musolino, V.E. Colussi, F.M.J. Cozijn, M.L. Diouf, E.J. Salumbides, and S.J.J.M.F. Kokkelmans and W. Ubachs Eindhoven University of Technology LaserLaB, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

The recent experimental investigation of Ro-vibrational transitions in hydrogen are an ultracold Bose-gases in the strongly interact- excellent benchmark value to test funda- ing regime has provided us with interesting mental theories to extreme accuracies. For insights regarding the dynamical evolution of example, our recently observed Doppler-free the gas and the build-up of few-body correla- transitions within the first overtone band of tions in a many-body environment. In these HD can contribute to the proton radius puzzle experiments, the gas is quenched to unitarity when determined with kHz accuracy. Howev- by altering an applied magnetic field to the er, the observed Doppler-free R(1) transition resonant value of a Feshbach resonance [1-3]. is composed of 21 overlapping hyperfine components. This severely complicates the Building on previous research regarding extraction of an accurate transition frequency, the formation of pairs in quenched unitary which is currently limited to 50 kHz accuracy. Bose gases [4], we investigate the effect A new experimental setup, which is cur- of the resonance width on the evolution of rently in construction, is aimed to resolve embedded two-body interactions, finding that this difficulty. Here we will benefit from the dynamics of broader resonances evolve a cryogenic high-finesse cavity within the more rapidly than the dynamics of narrower frequency-comb referenced NICE-OHMS resonances at early times. We contribute (Noise-Immune Cavity-Enhanced Optical this difference to a decrease in quantum Heterodyne Molecular Spectroscopy) exper- depletion that Bose-enhances open-channel iment. The NICE-OHMS detection scheme interactions. Instead, we see that an increas- is significantly upgraded by benefiting from ing amount of closed-channel molecules parallel demodulation using a high-speed is formed for narrow resonances, whose digital lock-in amplifier. These upgrades are importance is quantified in terms of the Z-pa- expected to give over a 100-fold increase in rameter[4]. The magnitude of this parameter signal size, which will allow us to resolve is found to be an increasing function of both sub-structure within the hyperfine spectrum, resonance width and time. potentially isolate an individual hyperfine component and allows detection of the sim- pler R(0) transition

35 Lamb dips and Lamb peaks in Broadband multi-species trace the saturation spectrum of HD gas detection by upconverting mid-infrared supercontinuum light into the near-infrared

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M.L. Diouf1, F.M.J. Cozijn1, B. Darquié2, Khalil Eslami Jahromi, Qing Pan, E.J. Salumbides1, and W. Ubachs1 Amir Khodabakhsh, and Frans J.M. Harren 1 Department of Physics and Astronomy, Trace Gas Research Group, Department of ` LaserLaB, Vrije Universiteit Molecular and Laser Physics, Radboud University, 2 Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Université Paris 13 The advancement in compact, stable, and Molecular hydrogen has evolved into broadband mid-infrared (MIR) supercon- a benchmark quantum test system for tinuum sources (SC) makes it possible to fundamental physics. Recent independent generate a beam containing a wide spectral sub-Doppler determinations of the weak range with high power and directionality dipole R(1) transition in the (2,0) overtone for absorption spectroscopy. Although band of HD at λ~1.38 μm yield a discrepancy gas molecules exhibit strong absorption of 900 kHz or 9σ in combined uncertainty. features in MIR region, the low sensitivity We present measurements using Noise-Im- of MIR detector arrays operating at room mune Cavity-Enhanced temperature is a challenge. However, by Optical Heterodyne Molecular Spectroscopy upconverting MIR SC light into near-in- (NICE-OHMS), where the laser is locked to frared (NIR), leveraging the benefits of a Cs absolute frequency standard via an opti- sensitive and cost-effective CCD detectors cal frequency comb. The obtained saturation are feasible. spectrum is found to exhibit a composite and Here, we present the performance and pressure-dependent line shape, involving a development of a multi-species trace gas Lamb-dip and a Lamb-peak. We propose sensor by upconverting MIR SC light into an explanation of this behavior based on the NIR and utilization of a grating-based effects of crossover saturation resonances spectrometer in combination with a CCD in the hyperfine structure, which is made camera. High speed sensing (~20 ms), sub- quantitative with a calculation. ppmv sensitivity (for ethane), wide spectral This leads to resolution of the outstanding coverage (>1.3 µm), 4.5 cm-1 resolution, discrepancy between the two previous deter- linear response to different gas concentra- minations, which enables the comparison of tions and satisfactory results for globally the measured R(1) transition frequency with calculating the concentrations of mixture the most accurate calculations. gases are the prominent features for such a sensor.

36 Towards a steady-state super- State transfer in radiant active optical clock optomechanics via STIRAP

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Francesca Famà, Shayne Bennetts, Kei Sawada, V.Fedoseev1, F.Luna2, W.Löffler1, Rodrigo González-Escudero, Chun-Chia Chen, and D.Bouwmeester1,2 Benjamin Pasquiou, and Florian Schreck, et al.* 1 Universiteit Leiden *The iqClock consortium www.iqclock.eu 2 UCSB Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam

Superradiant lasers have been proposed as We adopt a well-established technique of a next generation optical atomic clock [1]. state transfer STImulated Raman Adiabatic Recently, a pulsed superradiant laser was Passage from Atomic Physics to Optom- demonstrated using the 87Sr clock transition echanics. The state is transferred between [2], but a clock with millihertz stability mechanical modes (0.2 MHz and 1.3 MHz) requires steady-state operation. of a highly stressed SiN membrane via Building on our earlier work [3,4] we optomechanical interaction. The membrane is have now demonstrated sources ideal for placed in the middle of a high finesse cavity pumping a steady-state superradiant laser. and the system is in the sideband resolved Our steady-state beam guided horizontally regime. The membrane is patterned with a by a dipole laser has a radial temperature phononic crystal which increases the quality of ~1μK and a flux >3x107 88Sr/s. We factor of the mechanical modes localized in have also demonstrated operation of this the defect of the phononic crystal 2 orders architecture on the 87Sr isotope, that is of of magnitude, allowing state transfer with particular interest for clocks. We will efficiencies of 90%. The experimental results describe the next generation machine that are in perfect agreement with the theory. we are constructing based on these tech- niques, which aims to produce a steady- state superradiant laser for time standards.

[1] Meiser et al., PRL 102, 163601 (2009). [2] Norcia et al., Sci Adv 2, 10, e1601231 (2016). [3] Bennetts et al., PRL 119, 223202 (2017). [4] Chen et al., arXiv:1810.07157 (2018).

37 A high average-power table-top An approach towards hybrid high-harmonic generation source integrated diode lasers for for spectroscopy in the water the visible spectra range window

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F. Campi, and P. M. Kraus C.A.A. Franken1, A. van Rees1, *Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography Y. Fan1, C. Fallnich2, and K.-J. Boller1 (ARCNL), Amsterdam, The Netherlands 1 University of Twente, the Netherlands 2 University Muenster, Germany

High-harmonic generation has enabled the Integrating diode laser sources in the visible investigation of electronic processes on range into photonic circuits, for controlling their intrinsic timescales, owing to the atto- wavelength tuning or for reducing the spectral second temporal structure of the generated linewidth, can enable, e.g., chip-sized multicolor pulses. In order to attain a comprehensive light engines for life-science applications [1] or picture of the dynamics ensuing excitation drive multiple narrow-linewidth transitions in in a pump-probe experiment, element sen- portable optical clocks [2]. Current approaches sitivity of the probe pulse is beneficial. with grating feedback and bulk or fiber optical In the past decade, a few groups have beam combining lead to devices of appreciable succeeded in generating supercontinua size, restricted spectral control and suffer from spanning the water-window up to the oxy- mechanical perturbations. Hybrid integrated gen K-edge (540 eV), but the wide-spread lasers, formed by a diode laser amplifier and application as spectroscopic source has a low-loss waveguide feedback circuit [3] can been hindered by the low available fluxes. avoid these disadvantages, but have only been A mid-IR high-power laser system realized at telecom wavelengths. We present our (>100 W) will be installed in our group. approach for realizing a first hybrid integrated Consequently, we expect to be able to gen- diode-SiN laser in the visible, to generate light erate soft X-ray pulses up to 600 eV, and at around 690 nm via optical feedback from an unprecedented average-power levels. Here, integrated micro-ring Vernier filter. we present the design of our beamline along with proposed experiments. [1] A. T. Mashayekh et al., Proc. SPIE 10922, Particular technical challenges are sus- 109221U-1 (2019) taining several bars of gas pressure while [2] S. G. Porsev, Phys. Rev. A 78, 032508 (2008) minimizing reabsorption, and filtering out [3] R. M. Oldenbeuving et al., Las. Phys. Lett. 10, the high-power driving laser pulses from 015804 (2013) the generated soft x-rays.

38 Measuring deep UV and extre- Optical spectroscopy of tran- me UV induced luminescence in sition metal defects in silicon metal-oxo based photoresists carbide

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Maarten van der Geest1, Najmeh Sadegh1, C. M. Gilardoni1, T. Bosma1, F. Hendriks1, Sonia Castellanos1, and Peter Kraus1 B. Magnusson2;3, A. Ellison3, A. Gällström2;4, 1 Advanced Research Center for Nanolithography I. G. Ivanov2, N. T. Son2, R. W. A. Havenith1;5, (ARCNL), Amsterdam, The Netherlands and C. H. van der Wal1 1 University of Groningen The next generation of integrated circuits 2 Linköping University will require new photoresists for 13.5 nm 3 Norstel AB extreme ultraviolet (XUV) radiation, such 4 Saab Dynamics AB as titanium-oxo clusters and metal-oxo 5 Ghent University resists in general. The photochemistry of these resists under XUV radiation is poorly Color centers in wide-bandgap semicon- understood. We studied the visible/UV ductors are attractive systems for quantum fluorescence following deep-UV excitation technologies. However, the optical transi- and observed only slight red-shifts and de- tion frequencies of several suitable centers cay-time differences between the lumines- identified so far hinder their integration cence of a titanium-oxo cluster containing in communication technology. Several bisthienylcarboxylate (TiBTC, figure 1) transition-metal impurities in silicon ligands and free bisthienylcarboxylic acid, carbide emit at near telecom wavelengths, indicating no significant quenching contri- but their characterization is incomplete. bution from the titanium-oxo cluster. We We investigate the electronic structure of use high-harmonic generation to generate defects containing Mo in SiC. Both ground ultrashort pulses of XUV radiation around and optically excited states in this defect the titanium M2,3-edge (43 eV) and will are composed of two Kramer’s doublets investigate the luminescence quenching each, arising from doubly degenerate orbit- following XUV excitation. al states split by SOC, reminiscent of the electronic structure of negatively charged Figure 1 Deep Si vacancies in diamond. UV induced luminescence Figure 1 . Zero decay (double Phonon Lines exponential corresponding to fit, 0.47&1.0 the two vertical ns) of TiBTC. optical transitions as a function of temperature; inset shows the pro- posed electronic structure of Mo defect in SiC. 39 Singularities of 2D random light Almost degenerate steady- waves state strontium

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Thijs van Gogh, Thomas Bauer R. González Escudero, C.-C. Chen, S. Bennetts, and Kobus Kuipers B. Pasquiou, and F. Schreck Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft, Van der Waals - Zeeman Institute, Delft University of Technology Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam

Singularities are points of a field where one We demonstrate a steady-state strontium of the parameters describing the field be- sample with a phase-space density ap- comes undetermined. As exotic as they may proaching degeneracy. This represents a sound, they are ubiquitous in nature. Well critical step towards a steady-state atom known examples include black holes and laser. Our machine achieves this by flowing the bright stripes of light on the bottom of atoms through spatially consecutive laser a pool. In electric and magnetic fields they cooling stages. After precooling on a arise as points where the phase becomes MHz-wide transition, we capture atoms in a undefined (zero intensity), or where the steady-state narrow-line MOT [1]. A beam direction of the polarization ellipse becomes of atoms is then coupled into a dipole guide undetermined (perfectly linear or circular and transported to a dark region, where they polarization). Combining the electric and accumulate and are further laser cooled. magnetic fields then also allows for the Here they reach almost degeneracy: a phase- computation of the Poynting vector, which space density of 1. We are now exploring exhibits singularities where it vanishes. further improvements [2] in a bid to reach With our near-field optical microscope, steady-state quantum degeneracy. we study these singularities of light with a sub-wavelength resolution in a random [1] Bennetts et al., PRL 119, 223202 (2017). wave field on a chip by injecting a 2D [2] Chen et al., arXiv:1810.07157 (2018). chaotic photonic crystal cavity with laser light. Being able to switch between CW and pulsed lasers allows for investigation of both the frequency and time domain. We explore the differences between truly 2D random fields and 2D slices of a 3D field.

40 Tests of fundamental physics Femtosecond time resolved using Ramsey-Comb pump-probe measurements on spectroscopy on H2 percolating gold in the ablation regime

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E.L. Gründeman, L.S. Dreissen, C. Roth, Guido de Haan and Paul Planken M.F.M. Collombon, J.J. Krauth, ARCNL, Amsterdam and K.S.E. Eikema We present results on femtosecond pump- LaserLaB Amsterdam, Department of Physics probe measurements on thin nano-struc- and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam tured percolating layers of Au in the abla- tion regime. A strong pump pulse (~1013 2 The dissociation energy (D0) of H2 is a W/cm ) excites the Au layer and a delayed benchmark value to test molecular quantum probe pulse measures the pump-induced theory. A measurement of D0 with an changes in transmission and reflection, on accuracy of 10 kHz could even be used to a single shot basis. During the first few probe the proton radius to the level of 1%. picoseconds the response is dominated by In 2018 we achieved a 73 kHz-accuracy on electron heating and cooling. Saturation the X-EF(0,0) Q1 transition in H2 at 202 nm of the accompanying reflection change using Ramsey-comb spectroscopy. This, for increasing pump power is most likely in combination with additional transitions the result of saturation of changes in the measured in the group of Prof. Merkt (ETH electron occupancy in the conduction band Zürich), has led to an accuracy of 340 kHz at high powers. The strong reflection and for D0 of ortho-H2. transmission changes observed on a times- We now aim to further improve the accura- cale of hundreds of picoseconds, together cy on the Q1 transition to a level of 10 kHz with SEM images of the aftermath, suggest by modifications in the experimental setup that “phase-explosion” is the mechanism such as using an ultra-low noise frequency for violent removal of material. comb and by improving the collimation and density of the atomic beam. Finally we plan to measure the corresponding transition in para-H2, which has no hyperfine structure (nuclear spin is zero) and therefore provides a very clean testing ground for theory.

41 Diatomic molecules as Nonlinear optical response of WS2 probes for nuclear anapole moment effect

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Yongliang Hao,1 Miroslav Ilias,2 Javier Hernandez-Rueda, Marc Noordam, and Anastasia Borschevsky1 Irina Komen and Kobus Kuipers 1 University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, Kavli Institute of NanoScience, TU Delft 9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands; Today, atomically thin 2D layered materials 2 Matej Bel University, SK-97400 are at the focus of the optics and photon- Banska Bystrica, Slovakia. ics community due to their unique optical properties. Particularly spectacular is their The nuclear anapole moment can be used to high nonlinear optical response upon intense test low-energy quantum chromodynamics light illumination, which has huge potential and parity nonconservation in nuclei. Diatomic for applications based on these van der molecules possess rich and varied spectra and Waals hetero-structures. In this work, we

nearly , which pro- study the nonlinear optical response of WS2 vide strong enhancements for nuclear anapole flakes using spectrally-resolved multi-pho- moment effects, making it possible to search ton microscopy. We illuminate the sample for new physics beyond the standard model using laser pulses at 775 nm and 1200 nm in a small experiment. In order to extract the that are temporally and spatially overlapped. magnitude of nuclear anapole moment from As a result, the emission spectrum illustrates measurements, a P-odd interaction coefficient peaks that correspond to second-harmonic WA, which depend on molecular structure, generation, sum-frequency generation, needs to be calculated with high accuracy. third-harmonic generation and four-wave In this presentation, the measurement principle mixing. We find that the second- and is briefly introduced and the AW coefficients third-order susceptibilities are remarkably calculated within different methods for some large compared to those observed in other diatomic molecules of interest are presented nonlinear media, especially around the and discussed. exciton frequency. Moreover, we observe that the second-order processes drasti-

cally increase as the WS2 layer thickness decreases, whereas the third-order processes illustrate the opposite tendency. Finally, we attribute this behaviour to a) the interplay of the electronic properties and multiple reflec- tions and b) the symmetry of the system that favours or hinders the phase matching.

42 Opto-Spintronics in 2D van der Buffer gas cooling of a trapped Waals heterostructures ion to the quantum regime

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Jan Hidding1, Jorge Quereda1, Bart J. van H. Hirzler1, T. Feldker1, H. Fürst1, N.V. Ewald1, Wees1, Caspar H. van der Wal1 M.Mazzanti1, D. Wiater2, M.Tomza and R. Gerritsma1 and Marcos H. D. Guimaraes1 1 Van der Waals-Zeeman Instituut, Institute 1Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, of Physics, Universiteit van Amsterdam University of Groningen 2 Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Poland

Spintronics aims at the transport and Both, trapped ions and ultracold atoms are manipulation of electron spin, instead of excellents systems for studying many-body electron charge. To obtain control of the spin, physics, precision spectroscopy and quan- the unique properties of 2D van der Waals tum information. This has raised the ques- materials have been exploited and combined tion whether the two systems can be advan- in heterostructure devices. tageously combined. So far, the attainable The transition-metal dichalcogenide (TMD) collision energies are well below the regime MoSe2 in its monolayer form has a direct where quantum effects become relevant. bandgap and spin-orbit splitting with oppo- This is due to the radio-frequency electric site sign for opposite valleys.1 This results field of the Paul trap which is required to in a coupling between the valley and spin confine the ion [1]. In our experiment we degree-of-freedom, allowing to selectively use 6Li buffer gas to cool a single Yb+ create spin and valley polarization by absorp- ion down to ~42 μK corresponding to ~4 tion of circularly polarized light.2 Further- motional quanta in the harmonic potential of more, TMDs are able to imprint their large the Paul trap [2]. The meausured atom-ion spin-orbit coupling in graphene allowing for collision energies reach the s-wave regime, new charge-to-spin conversion effects (Rash- which allows the search of quantum effects, ba-Edelstein effect) to appear.3,4 such as atom-ion Feshbach resonances. Our Here, we study the spectral and electrical results open the possibility to study quantum response of the helicity-dependent photocur- many-body phyiscs [3] and quantum chem- rents in phototransitors based on hBN/MoSe2 istry in ultracold atom-ion mixtures [4]. and hBN/MoSe2 /graphene heterostructures. Our experiments give insights on the optical [1] M. Cetina et al, PRL 109, 253201 (2012) spin injection and spin-to-charge conversion [2] T. Feldker et al, Manuscript in preparation (2019) in TMD and TMD/graphene heterostruc- [3] U Bissbort et al, PRL 111, 080501 (2013) tures, opening up exciting possibilities for [4] M. Tomza et al, arxiv:1708.07832 (2017) state-of-the-art two-dimensional spintronic applications.

43 Towards structural-isomer- Electronic structure changes of resolved ultrafast gas-phase PAH cations as photochemistry induced by successive atomic H attachment

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Daniel Horke Yining Huo*, Ronnie Hoekstra, Institute for Molecules and Materials, and Thomas Schlathölter Radboud University Nijmegen Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, University of Groningen The use of molecular control techniques based on electrostatic fields allows the Successive attachment of hydrogen atoms spatial separation of species based on to a PAH cations leads in geometrical their dipole-moment to mass ratio. This transition from the planar aromatic includes, for example, the separation of molecules to puckered aliphatic system and different folding states of small peptides the reduction of gap between HOMO- in the gas-phase, or the production of LUMO[1,2]. The DFT is adopted to molecular beams containing only a single illustrate the change of electronic structure cluster stoichiometry. This enables the for small PAH radical cations in differ- study of conformational or tautomeric ent hydrogen states as Fig.1 indicates. effects with methods that are not inher- The record partial ion yields for various ently sensitive to these, for example, photoionization channels as a function of because they lack the necessary spectral photon energy and position of hydrogen at- resolution. We are setting up a femtosec- tachment will be shown by combining the ond time-resolved photoelectron imaging X-ray spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. experiment to study the ultrafast electron- ic dynamics following photoexcitation. [1] S. Cazaux, L.Boschman, N. Rougeau, G. Reitsma, This will allow us for the first time to R. Hoekstra, D. Teillet Billy, S. Morisset, M. Spaans, elucidate how small structural chang- T.Schlathölter.(2016) Scientific Reports 6.19835. es, such as conformational variations, [2] S. Cazaux, Y. Arribard, D. Egorov, J. Palotás, affect the photochemistry and ultrafast R.Hoekstra, G. Berden and J. Oomens, dynamics. In particular we will focus on and T. Schlathölter.(2019)Astrophysical Journal,875(1). tautomeric effects and interconversion in the nucleobases.

Figure.1 The HOMO-LU- MO gap of the pyrene cation

44 Improved determination of the Time-resolved temperature measure- dissociation energy and ortho-para ment of plasmonic hot electrons using splitting of H2 single-particle sub-picosecond anti-Stokes luminescence

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J. Hussels, C.-F. Cheng, H.L. Bethlem, Thomas Jollans*, Martín Caldarola†, K.S.E. Eikema, E.J. Salumbides, and W. Ubachs and Michel Orrit* VU Amsterdam; M. Beyer, N.J. Hölsch, F. Merkt, * Huygens–Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, ETH Zurich; C. Jungen, UCL London. Universiteit Leiden † Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Technische Universiteit Delft Recent QED calculations of the dissocia- tion energy (D0) of H2 approach accuracies Upon excitation with a laser pulse, local- similar to simple atoms, making it an ized surface plasmon polaritons in a gold excellent benchmark quantity in quan- nanoparticle first thermalize into a hot elec- tum chemistry. Precision measurements tron bath, which then, in turn, thermalizes of the GK-X transition, combined with with the lattice through electron-phonon other precise measurements, provide an interactions, within a few picoseconds. order-of-magnitude improved value for D0. We present first results of time-resolved This transition is performed through Dop- measurements of the temperature during pler-free two-photon spectroscopy using this process: The current temperature of the 179-nm radiation, generated by frequency electrons is deduced from the Anti-Stokes up-conversion using a BBO and a special luminescence of the nanoparticle [1]. KBBF crystal. The fundamental pulses are The temporal information is elucidated the output of a chirp-compensated Ti:Sa by using a pump-probe configuration, in oscillator-amplifier system seeded by a nar- which luminescence spectra are acquired rowband Ti:Sa laser at 716 nm, locked to for different delays between two pulses. a Cs-clock standard via a frequency comb. We show an apparently athermal instanta- This enables sub-MHz accuracies, giving neous distribution of electron energies. an improvement to the 10−9 accuracy level for D0 of ortho- and para-H2. Invoking a [1] A. Carattino, M. Caldarola, and M. Orrit, Nano Lett. + transition between the ortho- and para-H2 18, 874 (2018). ions, this gives a direct determination of the ortho-para splitting in H2. Compar- ing these accurate results with improved calculations provides a test of QED and the Standard Model of Physics.

45 Controlled tunnel couplings in Time dependence of plasmonic a network of photon Bose-Ein- near-fields studied by interfero- stein condensates metric autocorrelation

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Ben Kassenberg, Jan Klaers, and Mario Vretenar Radoslaw Kolkowski, Annemarie Berkhout, MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, Complex Sylvianne Roscam Abbing, A. Femius Koenderink Photonic Systems (COPS), University of Twente Center for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Amsterdam

Coherent network computers have the Second-Harmonic Generation (SHG) in potential to solve computationally hard plasmonic nanostructures has been a target problems in a significantly shorter compu- of extensive research over the past 15 years, tation time than standard computers. This focusing on many different aspects of this is achieved by encoding computational phenomenon, such as plasmonic enhance- problems in a network of coupled spins. ment, multipolar content, polarization A problem’s solution can be obtained by effects, and time-resolved response. Here, finding the network’s ground state energy. we present our studies on plasmonic nano- The encoding requires coupling that can be antennas using interferometric autocorrela- either ferromagnetic or antiferromagnetic. tion (IAC), where two chirped femtosecond We demonstrate both types of coupling in a pulses with tunable mutual delay excite network of photon Bose-Einstein conden- SHG in the sample. Compared to the ref- sates in a microcavity. The microcavity erence measurement on a nonlinear crystal consists of a plane mirror and a nanostruc- (Fig.1 left), SHG from gold nanoparticles tured mirror. Laser written nanostructures shows reduced chirp signatures in their IAC confine the photon condensates. The trace (Fig.1 right). This effect enables to coupling type is determined by the distance extract the temporal response function of between the condensates. The results show nanoscale resonators. that photon condensate networks fulfill the requirements for coherent network computation and are therefore a promising platform for its implementation.

Figure 1. IAC trace of BBO crystal (left) and gold nanoanten- nas (right).

46 Exciton-polaritons in monolayer Flow induced shaping of laser

WS2 plasmas in atmospheric- pressure helium

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I.Komen1, S.Gong2, F.Alpeggiani1, T.Bauer1, V. Kooij1, F.M.A. Smitsr1, and D. Bouwmeester1 (Kobus) Kuipers1 1 Quantum optics and quantum information, Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Leiden University, The Netherlands. Department of Quantum Nanoscience 1 TU Delft, A plasma is formed by a focused high pow- 2 Korea university er infrared laser pulse in atmospheric-pres- sure helium and evolves to a toroidal 2D transition metal dichalcogenides shape. The plasma is observed with a CCD (TMDCs) are semiconductors in which camera. The axial symmetry of the plasma the electron-hole pairs in its valleys, allows to perform Abel inversion on the having high binding energies, form stable line integrated intensity data of the side excitons. Similar to plasmon-polaritons in view. The Abel inverted side view data graphene, these 2D TMDC excitons couple provides detailed 2D images of the lumi- to light to form exciton-polariton modes. nosity in the poloidal plane of the torus. In monolayers of subnanometer thickness, By illuminating the centre of the torus with these modes will be extremely confined a second laser pulse at a series of delays and exhibit a strongly enhanced light-mat- and observing its intensity, the central ter interaction. Additionally, a valley pseu- pressure is probed as a function of time. dospin can be attributed to the excitons, Both techniques are combined to determine which opens the question on the chiral the flow that shapes the plasma. interactions of the exciton-polaritons. Recently, we theoretically demonstrated that a non-radiative polaritonic mode Line integrated intensity consists only if the dielectric functions Linear grey scale above and below a monolayer of WS2 are Abel inverted luminosity balanced [1], whereas an experimental Linear grey scale situation implies a substrate. This can be compensated by covering the WS with 2 Abel inverted luminosity hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), where the False color scale combination of hBN and air will result in an effective dielectric function being balanced with respect to the substrate.

[1] Alpeggiani et al, Phys.Rev.B 97, 205436 (2018)

47 Measurement of the 1S-2S Towards frequency stabilization transition of trapped He+ of a chip-based, ultra-narrow via XUV Ramsey-Comb linewidth InP-Si3N4 hybrid laser spectroscopy

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J.J. Krauth, L.S. Dreissen, C. Roth, Rob Lammerink, Albert van Rees, Peter van der E.L. Gründeman, M.F.M. Collombon, Slot, and Klaus-Jochen Boller and K.S.E. Eikema Laser Physics and Nonlinear Optics, University of LaserLaB Amsterdam, Department of Physics Twente and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Recently, hybrid integration of an InP High-precision laser spectroscopy of atomic semiconductor optical amplifier with a hydrogen has led to an impressive relative low-loss Si3N4 feedback circuit has enabled accuracy in tests of bound-state quantum an ultra-narrow intrinsic linewidth of below electrodynamics (QED) of about 10-12. 300 Hz [1]. Such high intrinsic frequen- At this level of accuracy many systematics cy stability is of benefit for short-time have to be studied very carefully and only measurements, such as for coherent optical independent measurements provide the data transmission. The intrinsic stability ultimate cross-check. This has been proven is a central advantage also for achieving recently by measurements in muonic long-term stability, via stabilizing the laser hydrogen, eventually leading to a significant to an absolute frequency reference, specif- shift in the CODATA values of the proton ically here, to ro-vibrational transitions of charge radius and the Rydberg constant. acetylene (C2H2) in the 1.55 μm telecom wavelength range. We aim to contribute to testing fundamental We present the noise characteristics of the physics by measuring the 1S-2S transition in laser and discuss a stabilization scheme for He+ for the first time. Combined with meas- a hybrid laser that is frequency-controlled urements in muonic helium this can probe with two integrated microring resonators the value of the Rydberg constant or test and a phase-tuning section. We show that higher-order QED terms scaling with large the laser possesses a sufficiently large powers of Z. We apply the Ramsey-comb mode-hop-free tuning range to efficiently method which we extend to the XUV using stabilize the laser. Preliminary experimental high-harmonic generation in order to excite data on performance of the stabilization will a single, trapped He-ion. This poster gives be presented. insight into our experimental method, setup and current progress. [1] Y. Fan et al., “290 Hz Intrinsic Linewidth from an

Integrated Optical Chip-based Widely Tunable InP-Si3N4 Hybrid Laser,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Op- tics (2017)

48 New insights into irradiation A rubidium focused ion beam damage of ultra-small G-rich instrument oligoes

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Wen Li1, Xin Wang1, Wessel Douma1, Sheng Xu, Yang Li, Peter Mutsaers Ronnie Hoekstra1, Marwa Abdelmouleh2, and Edgar Vredenbregt Michal Ryszka2, Jimmy Rangama2, Eindhoven University of Technology Violaine Vizcaino2, Jean-Christophe Poully2, and Thomas Schlathölter1 Focused Ion Beams are important tools 1 Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, for the semiconductor industry. Essen- University of Groningen tial applications are editing circuits and 2 Université de Caen Normandie repairing masks in the development phase, and failure analysis during wafer processing. As a result of the reduction Human telomere consists of TTAGGG of feature sizes in semiconductor circuits, repeats which were predicted to trap FIBs also face higher demands in terms excitation energy due to their ability to of resolution and reduced damage. Here form secondary structure G-quadruplex. a FIB instrument that can overcome these We focused on studying 6 base G-rich limitations is presented. The essential single strand DNA, for example TGGGGT. innovation is the use of a new type of ion ESI-MS had been applied to detect strand source based on photo-ionization of a breakage and base lose for its high reso- laser-intensified and extremely cold atomic lution and sensitivity. Soft X-ray induced rubidium beam. The performance of the fragmentations in G-quadruplex and G-rich source was characterized by studying monomers were very different. Meanwhile, deliverable current, brightness and energy high energy particle induced obvious spread. The source was then mounted on different fragmentations to soft X-ray. a commercial FIB system and first ion Molecule dynamic simulation and Native microscopy and milling experiments were PAGE also be used to analysis energy dep- performed. Susequently, the properties of osition, bond cleavage and conformation the new instrument will be optimized with and structure change. the eventual aim of creating a practically useful prototype instrument. In addition, the interaction of rubidium ions with typi- cal materials will be studied to investigate the essential suitability of a Rb+ FIB for real-world applications.

49 State-to-state calculation of Theoretical contribution to the ultracold three-body collision search of CP-violation in molecules in a magnetic field

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Jinglun Li Malika Denis1, Pi A. B. Haase1, Eindhoven University of Technology, Post Office Rob G. E. Timmermans1, Ephraim Eliav2, Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands Nicolas R. Hutzler3, and Anastasia Borschevsky1 1 Van Swinderen Institute, University of Groningen, We present a multichannel numerical model Groningen to investigate the magnetically tuned alka- 2 School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv. li-metal three-body collision with hyperfine 3 California Institute of Technology, Pasadena. state-to-state resolution. Our model, with all realistic coupled hyperfine spin channels New Charge and Parity violations absent in being included, can be simplified by using the the Standard Model are assumed to be re- separable approximation. The validity of the sponsible for the large surplus of matter over separable approximation is analyzed by the antimatter in the universe. They could be ob- two-body coupled-channel scattering length, served through a set of interactions violating dimer energy and off-shell t-matrix. Then both parity and time-reversal symmetries (P, three-body results are given by using lithium T odd), such as the electron Electric Dipole and potassium atoms as examples. We find Moment, the nuclear Magnetic Quadrupole universal behavior of the normalized transition Moment... probabilities from different initial channels to deep atom-dimer channel for ultracold Progress in the quest for CP violation via atom-dimer collisions[1]. precision measurement is expected with the implementation of the laser cooling of [1] Jing-Lun Li and Shu-Lin Cong, Phys. Rev. A 99, molecules. Besides, triatomic molecules 022708 (2019). isoelectronic to the laser coolable diatomic molecules already employed are expected to exhibit the same assets as well as an advanta- geous vibrational structure, further improving the experimental precision.

We calculate the P, T odd molecular enhance- ment factors essential for the interpretation of the measurement in a set of promising systems for the search of beyond-the-Stand- ard-Model CP violation.

50 Rotational State-dependent Traveling-wave stark decelera- attachment of rare gas atoms tion of SrF and BaF molecules to molecular ions

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Aravindh Nivas Marimuthu, Britta Redlich Hidde Makaske, Parul Aggarwal and Steven and Sandra Brünken Hoekstra, for the NL-eEDM collaboration FELIX Laboratory, Institute for Molecules and Van Swinderen Institute for Particle Physics Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen and Gravity (VSI), University of Groningen, and Nikhef, Amsterdam The spectroscopy of gas-phase molecular ions is a challenging task. Conventional Probing the value of the electron electric absorption spectroscopy usually fails because dipole moment (eEDM) opens a window the ions of interest cannot be produced in suf- on physics beyond the Standard Model. ficient amounts and spectral contamination In our experiment we make use of pulsed during formation. Therefore several “action beam of BaF molecules, which originate spectroscopy” methods have been developed from a cryogenic source at a typical to overcome these limitations. Methods velocity of 150 m/s. In order to improve like infrared-predissociation via rare-gas our sensitivity to the eEDM we use a 4.5m tagging (IR-PD) or multiphoton dissociation long traveling wave Stark decelerator. spectroscopy (IRMPD) are routinely applied This decelerator will lower the forward since many years for vibrational spectrosco- velocity of the molecules to 30 m/s. py of molecular ions. Only in recent years several action spectroscopic methods have The decelerator was already constructed been developed to record rotational spectra, for other experiments but has been upgrad- mostly via double resonance schemes, e.g. ed such that it has a higher efficiency in using laser-induced reactions. slowing down the BaF molecules, through Here we report on progress to establish better alignment and enabling it to run at another such method for pure rotational spec- higher voltages. troscopy at a cryogenic ion trap instrument at the FELIX Laboratory using narrow-band- width THz radiation sources. This method utilizes a change in the rate of termolecular attachment of He atoms to molecular ions depending on their internal rotational excita- tion. Preparatory studies to apply this method + + to the molecular ions C3H3 , C3H2 , and + CH2CN will be presented.

51 Trapped ions in optical Elastic scattering of three microtraps ultracold bosons

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M. Mazzanti1, T. Feldker1, H. Hirzler1, Paul Mestrom, Victor Colussi, Thomas Secker, N. Ewald1 and R. Gerritsma1 and Servaas Kokkelmans 1 Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Eindhoven University of Technology, Amsterdam, Netherlands Eindhoven, The Netherlands E-mail: [email protected] We study three-body elastic scattering of Trapped ions are one of the most relia- identical bosons at zero energy interacting ble platforms for quantum simulations; via a pairwise finite-range potential. Using however, scalability of these systems is the Alt-Grassberger-Sandhas equations, we still troublesome. Here we present a way determine the behavior of the corresponding to tackle these scalability issues by moving scattering amplitude that is closely con- to 2-dimensional ion crystals [1-6] (instead nected to the three-body coupling constant of the conventional 1-dimensional chain). that enters the many-body description of Self-assembled 2D ion crystal have trian- ultracold Bose gases. Our calculations cover gular symmetry and therefore are a natural the regime from strongly repulsive poten- system in which to study the quantum tials towards attractive potentials supporting simulation of spin-frustration in triangular, multiple two-body bound states, and are hexagonal or kagome lattices. In order to consistent with the few existing predic- engineer the spin-spin interaction between tions for the three-body elastic scattering ions we will use novel optical microtraps amplitude. In particular, we present the first [see e.g. [7]] that will allow us to manipu- numerical confirmation of the universal pre- late the phonon spectrum of the 2D ion dictions for this scattering amplitude that are crystal [6,8]. In future, combining addressed made in the strongly-interacting regime for ion operations with phono-mode engi- a local nonzero-range potential, where the neering it should be feasible to equip the behavior of the three-body elastic scattering quantum simulator with a complete set of amplitude is log-periodic due to the Efimov operations, leading to a 2-dimensional ion effect. We also show how crystal quantum computer. finite-range effects give rise to both uni- versal and nonuniversal behavior in the weakly-interacting regime. We analyze reso- Figure: Two-dimen- nances in the scattering amplitude that arise sional ion crystals in from weakly-bound three-body states. one of our [1] P.M.A. Mestrom, V.E. Colussi, T. Secker, and Paul traps. S.J.J.M.F. Kokkelmans, arXiv:1905.07205v1 [physics.atom-ph] (2019). 52 A buffer-gas cooled molecular Optically levitated source of BaF in the search nanoparticles for an eEDM

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Maarten C. Mooij1, Wim Ubachs1, M. Morshed Behbahani1, L. van Sloten1, Hendrick L. Bethlem1 and the NL-eEDM L. Blaauw1, K. Jungmann1, G. Palasantzas2 , collaboration: Parul Aggarwal2, L. Willmann1, and S. Hoekstra1 Alexander Boeschoten2, Anastasia Borschevsky2, 1 Van Swinderen Institute, Malika Denis2, Kevin Esajas2, Pi A.B. Haase2, 2 Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials Yongliang Hao2, Steven Hoekstra2, University of Groningen Klaus Jungmann2, Virginia R. Marshall2, Thomas B. Meijknecht2, Rob G.E. Timmermans2, Optically levitated nano- and micropar- Anno Touwen2, Lorenz Willmann2, ticles systems provide a wide variety of and Yanning Yin2 precision sensing applications. In our 1 LaserLaB, Department of Physics group we optically trap individual silica and Astronomy, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, nanospheres with a diameter of 143 nm The Netherlands and interferometrically detect the particle’s 2 Van Swinderen Institute, University oscillation frequency in all three spatial of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands dimensions. This research is part of an NWA Startimpuls project, which explores the use of trapped nanoparticles as vibra- We are constructing a setup to measure tion and force sensors. Since the particle’s the electric dipole moment of the electron oscillation frequency is dependent on the in a Stark decelerated, laser cooled beam intensity gradient of the trapping laser and of BaF molecules. In Amsterdam we are on the properties of the particle, trapping of in charge of building a cryogenic beam various types of nanospheres under various source for an intense beam (target: 5×1010 conditions allows us to benchmark the BaF molecules per pulse) at low velocities light-particle interaction theory. To opti- (180 m/s). We will give a status-update of mize force and vibration sensing, feedback the buffer gas beam source that is currently cooling of the particle’s center-of-mass being built at the VU and the femtosecond motion under high-vacuum conditions laser system that we use for detecting both is required. We report on our progress the BaF molecules and the Ne buffer beam. towards this goal.

53 Cluster formation in quenched Enhancement of second- and third- unitary Bose Gases order nonlinear processes on metal nanostructures and 2D materials

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Silvia Musolino, Victor E. Colussi, Marc Noordam, Javier Hernandez-Rueda, and Servaas J. J. M. F. Kokkelmans Lars Talsma and Kobus Kuipers Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box Department of Quantum Nanoscience, TU Delft 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands Nonlinear processes on a surface are inter- In the last few years, research groups started to ex- esting for nanoscale sensing applications plore the unitary Bose gas, which is experimentally and frequency conversion. However, the extremely challenging. A sudden quench of atomic processes are very weak even while using interactions makes it possible to observe this strong- intense pulsed lasers, thus making practical ly-interacting system and the dynamics at unitarity, applications hard to realize. Luckily, there where the interactions are as strong as allowed by are several ways to enhance these nonline- quantum mechanics. Unlike the Fermi counterpart, ar processes, using nanostructured surfaces this regime for bosons is dominated by losses, due to or 2D layered materials. In this work we the absence of Pauli repulsion. As a result, when the study the enhancement of second- and state at unitarity is probed again in the weakly-in- third- harmonic generation, sum-frequency teracting regime, the number of remaining unbound generation and four-wave mixing using atoms is primarily reduced by losses and formation two femtosecond laser pulses with different of molecules. In Ref. [1], we have modelled quench frequencies. This enhancement is explored experiments by solving equations of motion for first on a nanostructured gold surface and/or a and second-order correlations (or clusters), explicitly WS2 flake consisting of a different number including losses and found agreement for shorter of layers. For the nanostructures on gold times with experimental data of Ref. [2]. The de- we find enhancement factors of more than viation for longer times is attributed to the absence three orders of magnitude depending on of higher-order correlations and/or equilibrating their geometric parameters. For isolated effects. In particular, the importance of higher orders WS2 flakes, despite being only a few atom- has been anticipated in Ref. [3] and their inclusion is ic layers thick, we observe various nonlin- currently under investigation. ear optical effects with a higher efficiency [1] S. Musolino, V.E. Colussi, and S.J.J.M.F. Kokkel- than a semi-infinite gold surface. mans, arXiv:1904.00908v1 (2019). [2] C. Eigen, J.A.P. Glidden, R. Lopes, N. Navon, Z. Hadzibabic, and R. P. Smith, Phys, Rev. Lett, 119, 250404 (2017). [3] V. E. Colussi, S. Musolino, and S.J.J.M.F. Kokkelmans, Phys. Rev. A 98, 051601(R) (2018).

54 The IR spectrum of protonated An unbiased view on perovskite + buckminsterfullerene, C60H quantum dot intermittency by changepoint analysis

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Julianna Palotas, Giel Berden, Isabelle Palstra, Ilse Maillette de Buy-Wenniger, Jonathan Martens, and Jos Oomens Biplab Patra, Erik Garnett, and Femius Koenderink FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University, Center for Nanophotonics, AMOLF, Van der Nijmegen, The Netherlands Waals-Zeeman Institute, Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam We present what is to our knowledge the first experimental IR spectrum of gaseous Many quantum dots show fluorescence protonated C60. The spectrum covers the intermittency or blinking, i.e., abrupt changes 500 – 1800 cm-1 range and was recorded in brightness. A common method to analyze using IR multiple-photon dissociation intermittency is by grouping measured time- (IRMPD) spectroscopy employing the stamped single-photon detection events into FELIX free electron laser and a quadru- equal-length time bins, and analyzing bin-to- pole ion trap mass spectrometer with an bin variations. However, such grouping of atmospheric pressure chemical ionization data averages out features and even causes (APCI) source. Our experimental approach systematic artefacts in e.g. distributions of + allows us to record the spectrum of C60H emitter lifetimes and on/off times. An alterna- free from any contamination of the isobaric tive approach to analyzing intermittency data 13 12 + C C59 ion, which is abundant in the is with changepoint analysis (CPA). This mass spectrum. method uses Bayesian statistics for unbiased detection of jumps without introducing any The significant symmetry lowering of artificial timescales in the analysis, making + C60H as compared to C60 yields a rich it free from artefacts [1,2]. We will pres- vibrational spectrum. We analyze this ent a side-by-side comparison of CPA and spectrum on the basis of density function- traditional binning analysis on numerically al theory (DFT) computed spectra using generated intermittency data (Monte Carlo different methods and basis sets. simulation of quantum dots) and show that We believe that this spectrum is of sub- CPA avoids significant errors in on/off times stantial astrophysical interest, especially distributions, and the estimation of the num- in light of the recent detections of C60 and ber of states between which a dot switches. C60+ in circumstellar environments, and We use CPA to analyze measured inter- Harold Kroto’s hypothesis that fullerenes mittency behavior of CsPbSe3 perovskite are most abundant in their protonated form. quantum dots. These emitters exhibit a host of “grey” states, very different from the on/ off behavior of CdSe dots.

55 EUV spectroscopy on highly High-resolution imaging of con- charged tin ions in an electron trolled molecular collisions using beam ion trap a Zeeman decelerated beam

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J. Scheers1,2, A. Ryabtsev3, C. Shah4, V. Plomp, Z. Gao, T. Cremers H. Bekker4, F. Torretti1,2, J. Sheil1, and S.Y.T. van de Meerakker J. Berengut5, W. Ubachs1,2, R. Hoekstra1,6, Spectroscopy of Cold Molecules, J. R. C. Lopez-Urrutia4, and O. O. Versolato1 Radboud University Nijmegen 1 ARCNL 2 Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam Molecular scattering experiments are a 3I nstitute of Spectroscopy Moscow valuable tool in understanding molecular 4 Max Planck Institute Heidelberg interactions on the most fundamental level. 5 UNSW Sydney For these experiments, Stark or Zeeman 6 University of Groningen decelerators can be used to prepare beams of neutral molecules with an electric or Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light emission magnetic dipole moment, respectively. from a laser-produced tin plasma is used in state-of-the-art nanolithography. The EUV In this work a multistage Zeeman decelera- emission stems from electronic transitions tor is employed that features a novel design in primarily Sn8+ to Sn14+ that have complex optimized for scattering experiments. It can open 4d-subshells. We present spectrosco- be used to produce packets of paramagnet- py on highly charged tin ions trapped in an ic atoms or molecules with a selected mean Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT) located at velocity and a narrow velocity spread, the Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics resulting in a well-defined collision energy in Heidelberg. A matrix inversion technique and energy resolution. is introduced to obtain charge-state-resolved EBIT spectra. Using the Cowan code, resonant We present the first crossed-beam scatter- 4p5-4p44d transitions are assigned in Sn15+. ing experiment using a Zeeman decelerated Although this ionic state has received little molecular beam. The narrow velocity attention in literature, it exhibits strong emis- spreads of our Zeeman decelerated beam sion features within the industrially relevant (NO molecules) results in high-resolution 2% bandwidth around 13.5nm. Collision- scattering images, thereby fully resolving al-radiative modelling is performed using the quantum diffraction oscillations in the Flexible Atomic Code in order to describe angular distribution for NO-Ne collisions, anomalous line intensities observed in the and product-pair correlations in the radial

EBIT spectra. distribution for NO-O2 collisions.

56 Timescale of interactions in a Bo- High accuracy prediction of se-Einstein condensate of photons the hyperfine coupling constants and the field shifts of tin

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Marcel Scholten1, S. Greveling1, M.L. Reitsma and A.Borschevsky C. Beulenkamp1,2 and D. van Oosten1 G.J.H. Brussaard2, O.J. Luiten1 1 Debye Institute for NanoMaterials Science, Van Swinderen Institute, University of Groningen Utrecht University 2 Institut für Experimentalphysik und Zentrum The magnetic dipole and electric quadru- für Quantenphysik, Universität Innsbruck pole coupling constants for several elec- tronic states of neutral tin were calculated Bose-Einstein condensation, a thermo- using the relativistic Fock Space Coupled dynamic phenomenon characterised by Cluster (FSCC) method1 in combination a macroscopic occupation of the ground with the finite field approach2. Field shifts state, is mostly known for atoms. However, for several transitions were also determined it can also be achieved with other bosonic by calculating the transition energy while (quasi-)particles, such as exciton-polari- varying the nuclear charge radius. The tons, magnons and photons. Preliminary effects of different basis sets and model experiments indicate that Bose-Einstein spaces on the results were investigated and condensates of photons are weakly inter- used to determine the uncertainty on the active. To gain insight into the mechanism final values. behind these interactions, we investigate their timescale by varying the timescale The predicted parameters will be used on which we pump. We scan the duration for extraction of the nuclear properties of the pump pulse from 100 ns to 2500 ns (magnetic dipole and electric quadrupole and replace the single pump pulse with a moments, and nuclear charge radii) of vari- double pulse, varying the time between the ous tin isotopes from measurements carried pulses over a range from several nanosec- out at ISOLDE. onds to several microseconds. In each case, we study the size of the condensate wave- [1] U. Kaldor and E. Eliav, Adv. Quantum Chem. 31, 313 function as a function of the number of (1998) condensate phorons. On this poster we will [2] H.J. Monkhorst, Int. J. Quantum Chem., 12: 421-432 report on the experimental results and the (1977) implications for the interaction mechanism.

57 Applying the interaction Small diameter Velocity Map picture to model Kerr Imaging lens for crossed frequency comb generation molecular beam experiments

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Bas Schuttrups1,2, Peter van der Slot1, Evangelia Sakkoula1, Aaron M. Thomas2 Bernard Geurts2, Klaus-Jochen Boller1 and David H. Parker1 1 Laser Physics and nonlinear Optics, 1 Molecular and Laser Physics, Institute for 2 Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, Molecules and Materials, Radboud University, University of Twente Nijmegen 2 University of Hawaii, Department of Chemistry

The Lugiato-Lefever equation (LLE) is The traditional Eppink-Parker design for Ve- often used to model Kerr frequency comb locity Map Imaging (VMI) works well for generation and various mathematical single molecular beam experiments such as techniques have been used to solve this photodissociation, but for crossed molecular equation. Typically, these techniques use beam experiments such as inelastic or reac- a split-step method that is often supple- tive scattering a large diameter (~70 mm) mented with additional optimization steps. of the traditional lens reduces the molecular An alternative and promising method is beam intensity at the beam crossing point. the ‘4th-order Runge-Kutta method in the To make a VMI lens with a much smaller Interaction Picture’ (RK4IP) [1], which has diameter (~ 20 mm), several mini versions been successfully used to model supercon- of VMI electrodes were constructed using tinuum generation and various phenomena different types of material and tested by im- in Bose-Einstein condensates. aging O+ fragments from photodissociation The algorithm is memory efficient and of O2 at 225 nm. First results were encour- provides fourth-order global accuracy. aging and helped to determine specific We use the RK4IP algorithm as an efficient points that require further improvements. and robust solver for the LLE. We discuss the implementation and present first modelling results of Kerr frequency comb generation in silicon nitride rings.

[1] B. M. Caradoc-Davies, “Vortex dynamics in Bose–Einstein condensates,” Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, 2000

58 Hybrid InP-Si3N4 dual-frequency Towards x-ray free-electron laser for generating high-purity laser oscillators microwave signals

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J. Mak,1 A. van Rees,1 R.E.M. Lammerink,1 Peter van der Slot1, Yuri Shvyd’ko2 D. Geskus2, Y. Fan,1 P.J.M. van der Slot,1 and Henry Freund3,4 and K.-J. Boller1 1 Laser Physics and Nonlinear Optics, University 1 Laser Physics and Nonlinear Optics, of Twente, The Netherlands University of Twente, The Netherlands 2 Argonne National Laboratory, USA 2 LioniX International B.V., The Netherlands 3NoVa Physical Science and Simulations, USA 4 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of New Mexico, USA The generation of spectrally pure micro- wave and millimeter wave signals via Free-electron lasers generating x-ray wave- optical heterodyning is of interest for lengths typically operate in the self-ampli- various applications, e.g., for wireless fied spontaneous emission (SASE) regime. communication. In particular, semicon- Self-seeding by filtering an SASE pulse ductor lasers enable highly integrated and and subsequently amplifying the filtered complex microwave photonic devices. optical pulse can be used to improve the However, semiconductor lasers suffer coherence properties of the light produced. from large intrinsic optical linewidths, To obtain fully coherent optical pulses typically a few hundreds of kHz [1], due to would require an oscillator configura- the short photon lifetime in the cavity and tion. At these wavelengths, single-crystal consequently high phase-noise. To address diamond can be used as a highly reflecting this problem, we propose and demonstrate Bragg reflector. Here we consider 6 Bragg dual wavelength generation with narrow reflectors and 2 compound refractive intrinsic linewidth enabled by a single InP lenses to create a stable ring resonator. To amplifier butt coupled to a long and low avoid excessive heating of the mirrors, we loss Si3N4 feedback circuit consisting of consider a so-called RAFEL configura- two tunable, frequency-selective feedback tion where a large fraction of the light is mirrors. We are able to generate narrow extracted from the resonator. Wavelength beat notes at various microwave frequen- tuning is obtained by rotating the mirrors cies, for instance around 11 GHz. When to change the Bragg condition. Assuming fitting a Voigt profile, we obtain narrow LCLS-II like parameters, we show lasing Gaussian and Lorentzian linewidths as low at 3.05 keV photon energy with substantial as 290 kHz and 6 kHz, respectively. output power and high degree of coherence. [1] Photon. Res. 2, B70-B79 (2014)

59 Directly measuring the bosonic Quantum dot based source enhancement of the refractive of photonic cluster states index in ultra-cold Bose gases

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J. Smits, T.S. Loth and P. van der Straten P. Steindl1, H.J. Snijders1, J. A. Frey2, Nanophotonics, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials J. Norman2, A.C. Gossard2, J.E. Bowers2, Science, Utrecht University D. Bouwmeester1,2, W. Löffler1 1 LION - Quantum Matter & Optics Leiden The atom-light interaction in dilute (ultra-) University, cold atom clouds is often described by tak- 2 UCSB ing into account only the single atom polar- izability. The (complex-valued) refractive Multi-photon entangled states, in particular, index of such a dilute sample is derived by loss-resilient graph and cluster states are inter- the product of the density and the polar- esting for use from universal quantum com- izability of a single-atom. However, for puting to metrology. Lately, it was discovered ultra-cold atom samples and cold samples that even all-optical repeaters might be possible at high densities collective effects have a with those. Despite these promises, determinis- significant influence on the value of the tic production of many-photon cluster states is refractive index [1, 2]. This effect has only still an open problem.The workhorse of quan- been measured indirectly so far [3]. Here, tum optics, SPDC, is an intrinsic probabilistic we apply a holographic imaging technique process, so it is very hard to scale beyond the to measure both the real and imaginary current record of 12-photon entanglement. A part of the refractive index simultaneously, deterministic source of multi-photon entangled allowing direct measurement of deviations states would shift a large part of challenges in from the single-atom model. photon-based quantum information processing into the resource, i.e., the cluster state. We [1] O. Morice, Y. Castin, and J. Dalibard, Phys. Rev. A investigate a potential deterministic source of 51, 3896 (1995) (Frans artikel) photonic cluster states based on InAs QDs in [2] M. Naraschewski and R. J. Glauber, Phys. Rev. A 59, micropillar cavity working as an efficient single 4595 (1999) (Glauber) photon source. In principle, using charged-exci- [3] P. C. Bons, R. de Haas, D. de Jong, A. Groot, and P. ton transition such system can directly produce van der Straten, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 173602 (2016) linear cluster states. Here we present experi- mental results based on a “normal” continuous and pulsed single photon source and linear optical manipulation. We show experimental results, compare to theoretical predictions, and explore limitations regarding achievable rates, stability and interference contrast.

60 Search for the electron EDM State-to-state controlled with polyatomic molecules collisions approaching the Wigner regime

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Kees Steinebach1, Hendrick Bethlem1,2 T. de Jongh, Q. Shuai, M. Besemer, and Steven Hoekstra1 S. N. Vogels, A. Van Roij, A. van der Avoird, 1 Van Swinderen Institute, University of Groningen G. C. Groenenboom, and S. Y. T. van de Meerakker 2 VU Laserlab, Amsterdam Institute for Molecules and Materials, Radboud University Nijmegen The search for the electron electric dipole moment (eEDM) is an important probe At low energies in molecular scattering, for physics beyond the standard mod- interactions are dominated by the wavelike el. The NL-eEDM experiment uses the nature of matter. In this regime, collisions laser-coolable diatomic molecule barium are governed by only a few interfering monofluoride (BaF) to perform this search. quantum scattering states, so-called partial It was pointed out in [1] that polyatomic waves. At even lower energies, only one molecules isoelectronic to these laser-cool- type of partial wave dominates the scat- able diatomic molecules such as BaF, could tering process and cross-sections behave also be used in the search for the eEDM. according to Wigner’s threshold laws [1]. These molecules are potentially laser-cool- We investigate the scattering behaviour of able and their more complicated vibration- the NO-He system in a crossed-molecular al structure allows for full polarization and beam collision experiment. Reaching colli- internal co-magnetometry which increases sion energies down to 0.3 K, we elucidate the experimental precision. partial wave resonances and approach the onset of the Wigner regime. We further- In this work we investigate if the triatomic more develop a new interaction potential molecule barium monohydroxide (BaOH) at the CCSDT(Q) level. Results show can be used in an eEDM experiment, remarkable agreement between experimen- focusing on the production of this molecule tally and theoretically obtained resonance in a cryogenic source and on the trave- behaviour. Our approach allows molecular ling-wave Stark deceleration. interactions to be probed at sub-Kelvin temperatures via direct cooling methods [1] I. Kozyryev and N. R. Hutzler., Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, and will allow us to connect the fields of 13 (2017) physical chemistry and ultracold physics.

[1] E. P. Wigner, Phys. Rev. 73, 1002 (1948)

61 Roadmap to Rb-Sr dipolar A programmable Rydberg rovibronic ground-state molecules quantum simulator

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P. Thekkeppatt, L. Reichsöllner, V. Barbé, A. Urech*, S. Piatchnkov, R. J. C. Spreeuw, S. Charpignon, B. Pasquiou, N.J. van Druten, and F. Schreck F. Schreck Van der Waals - Zeeman Institute, Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, Institute University of Amsterdam of Physics, University of Amsterdam Ultracold dipolar molecules offer an ideal In recent years optical tweezers have platform for investigations in the fields of emerged as a versatile platform for the quantum simulation, precision measurements simulation of quantum systems. In tweezer and . Thus far, the ultracold experiments, atoms are trapped in tightly polar molecules that have been produced are focused off resonant dipole traps after a closed-shell molecules, which limits their range pre-cooling stage. Light assisted collisions of application. Our goal is to produce RbSr can then lead to either a single, ultracold polar, open-shell molecules, in order or no, atom remaining. With the addition to extend the range of possibilities offered by of a microscope objective to our strontium ultracold molecular physics. We present an effi- quantum gas machine, we have been able cient quantum-engineering approach to the pro- to create optical tweezers and observe the duction of RbSr molecules. The first step is the first signs of single atoms, which are the creation of Rb-Sr atom pairs in the ground-state initial building block for a programmable of an optical lattice, starting from quantum-de- quantum simulator. With the addition of generate clouds of 87Rb and 84Sr. The following a phase-only spatial light modulator and step is the magneto-association of these atom acousto-optic deflector to our setup, we pairs into weakly-bound molecules, using a will be able to program the positions of magnetic Feshbach resonance that we identified the individual dipole traps as well as sort and that should allow efficient molecular the remaining atoms into the desired traps. association. With this aim, we designed a highly To complete the toolbox of our quantum stable power supply for high magnetic fields, simulator, Rydberg excitations can be used in order to achieve efficient adiabatic transfers to engineer state-dependent interactions from the atom pair state to the weakly-bound atoms in neighboring tweezers. This poster molecular state. We describe the laser system will present our progress towards build- that we intend to use for the final step of the ing this programmable Rydberg quantum molecule production, which is the coherent simulator. state-transfer to the rovibronic ground-state using STImulated Raman Adiabatic Passage (STIRAP).

62 Temporal wavefront shaping Controlling the transverse flow for security applications of light in a high-finesse optical microresonator

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M.C. Velsink, L. van der Hoeven Mario Vretenar, and Jan Klaers and P.W.H. Pinkse MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology Complex MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology, Photonic Systems (COPS), University of Twente University of Twente Controlling the flow of light is a funda- Recently, we applied wavefront shaping mental requirement for photon Bose- techniques to implement quantum-secure Einstein condensate (pBEC) coherent readout of a physical unclonable key for network computers. Such computers authentication [1]. Unfortunately, spatial should be capable of finding the ground wavefront shaping is unsuitable for long state of spin glass systems significantly distance use. We therefore propose to use faster than conventional computers. wavefront shaping in the time domain. We This is a well known computationally show temporal focusing of a pulse through a hard problem to which many other useful complex medium. Furthermore, we investi- computational problems may be mapped. gate a secure communication method based We have implemented a direct laser writing on physical unclonable functions in the time method for the nanostructuring of mirrors, domain. We will report on the progress. which allow us to control the transverse flow of light in high finesse optical microresonators and thus create pBEC Figure 1: Image of networks with individually adjustable the speckled output from couplings. This permanent nanostructuring a Ø 105 µm method may also be complemented by a multimode fiber. If the reversible method using a thermopolymer input is an for fine tuning and fast reprogramming , of the network. We present some of the time-domain wavefront created structures. shaping can temporally refocus the output in one speckle. [1] S.A. Goorden et al., Quantum-secure authentication of a physical unclonable key, Optica 1, 421-424 (2014)

63 Soft X-ray photofragmentation The reaction mechanism of of gas phase oligonucleotides CO2 hydrogenation over metal clusters

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Xin Wang, Klaas Bijlsma, Wen Li, Ronnie Frank J. Wensink, Olga V. Lushchikova, Hoekstra, and Thomas Schlathölter Sandra D. Wiersma, and Joost M. Bakker Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials, FELIX Laboratory, Radboud University Nijmegen University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4,

9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands We aim at reducing atmospheric CO2 levels by recycling it into a fuel, contributing to In many cancer treatments, the antimetab- a circular economy. Current catalysts are olite drug 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) is used as able to produce methanol from CO2 and a chemotherapeutic agent. In combination H2, but the efficiency of this process is low. with radiotherapy, FU acts as a radiosen- Therefore we plan on using clusters, which sitizer which enhances the efficacy of are nanometer sized metal particles, to on tumor cells. mimic the active site in catalysis. Chemical reactions occur in the ion trap, and the reac- Here we explore the potential of FU incor- tion mechanism is determined by structure porated in gas-phase protonated oligonu- determination of intermediate reaction cleotides for the investigation of X-ray species. Combination of the intense IR laser induced charge and energy migration in FELICE and ICR mass spectrometry allow these systems. for this characterization. Modification of the potential energy surface will eventually lead In a first series of experiments, conducted to a more efficient catalyst. at the 3rd generation synchrotron BESSY II (Berlin), we have studied the ionization Waugh, Catal. Today 15, 51 (1992) and fragmentation of [FUAG+H]+ stored Yang et al., PCCP 12, 9909 (2010) in a ion trap for different photon energies. The fragmentation pattern exhibits a clear dependence on the photoionization site.

Figure 1: Photofrag- mentation spectrum of [FUAG+H]+ for the photon energy 698eV.

64 Probing nuclear size effects with Characterization of a cryo- quantum degenerate helium genic molecular beam source for a sensitive electron-EDM measurement

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Y. van der Werf, R. Jannin, W. Vassen, Yanning Yin, Kevin Esajas, Rutger Hof, and K.S.E. Eikema and Steven Hoekstra, for the NL-eEDM LaserLaB, VU Amsterdam collaboration1 Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, High-precision spectroscopy on calcula- The Netherlands ble quantum systems provides stringent tests of atomic structure calculations and Measurement of an electron-EDM plays possibilities to determine fundamental con- a promising role in search for physics be- stants. Spectroscopy of normal atomic and yond Standard Model. We aim to improve muonic hydrogen can be used to determine the current sensitivity of eEDM measure- the proton size, but it has led to conflicting ments using a buffer-gas cooled molecular results. We investigate helium, where the beam of BaF. A cryogenic source pro- 3 4 isotope shift between He and He can be ducing intense, cold and slow molecular used to extract the alpha and helion particle beams has been constructed in our lab. size difference. By virtue of absorption and laser-induced fluorescence signal, we are able to charac- Therefore, we are improving our previous terize the beam. Currently we produce SrF measurement of the isotope shift on the molecules, but soon we will switch to BaF. 3 narrow (8 Hz) doubly-forbidden 2 S1 2 Loading this beam into a travelling-wave 1 S0 transition at 1557 nm. We produce a Stark decelerator will yield much slower 3 quantum degenerate gas of metastable 2 S1 (~30 m/s) molecular beams. We will report helium, which we trap in a magic-wave- on recent progress towards this goal. length optical dipole trap at 320 nm, and excite with a highly stabilized spectroscopy 1 NL-eEDM is a joint research program of the VSI, laser. the VU Laserlab and Nikhef.

For bosonic 4He we recently determined the transition with 200 Hz accuracy [1]. We are now working to reach a similar pre- cision for fermionic 3He, exhibiting very different quantum-statistical behaviour, to provide the best differential nuclear size measurement to date. [1] Nat. Phys.14, 1132-1137 (2018)

65 Supercontinuum generation in media with sign-alternated dispersion

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Haider Zia1, Niklas M. Lüpken2, Tim Hellwig 2, Carsten Fallnich2,1 and Klaus-J. Boller1,2 1 University of Twente, Department Science & Technology, Laser Physics and Nonlinear Optics Group, MESA+ Research Institute for Nanotechnology, Enschede 7500 AE, The Netherlands 2 University of Münster, Institute of Applied Physics, Corrensstraße 2, 48149 Münster, Germany

When an ultrafast optical pulse with high intensity is propagating through transparent material a supercontinuum can be coherently generated by self-phase modulation, which is essential to many photonic applications. However, the presence of dispersion causes stagnation of spectral broadening past a certain propagation length, requiring an increased input peak power for further broadening. Overcoming such spectral stagnation will be key to achieve practical integrated supercontinuum devices. We present a con- cept to drive supercontinuum generation with significantly lower input power. We demonstrate the effect experimentally in dispersion alternating fiber and numerically in integrated photonic waveguides.

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67 This meeting is organized under the auspices of the NNV-Section Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, with the financial support of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.

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