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Nikolai A Sinitsyn1, Fumika Suzuki1,2
1Los Alamos National Laboratory, Theoretical Division, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA.
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We predict a gyroscopic effect that can be demonstrated with Rydberg atoms following the dynamics of a Kepler Hamiltonian with an additional uniaxial anisotropy induced by optical ponderomotive force. This effect is analogous to the rotation of the Foucault pendulum in response to the Earth's rotation. We argue that in Rydberg states with a large principal quantum number a similar geometric angle can be generated by mechanical rotations of an atomic-optical setup on timescales between 1 μs and 1 ms.
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