Kavli Affiliate: Giorgio Gratta
| Summary:
Mechanical modulation of recoilless nuclear transitions allows the dynamic control of γ-ray emission and absorption. Accessing modulation frequencies well above the nuclear linewidth enables coherent manipulation of the nuclear response. Here we demonstrate such control by coupling a film of enriched 57Fe to a 97.9 MHz surface acoustic wave, which is nearly two orders of magnitude faster than the nuclear linewidth. The mechanical drive produces a comb of absorption sidebands in the Mössbauer spectrum, consistent with coherent phase modulation of the nuclear transition. This constitutes the fastest phonon-driven control of Mössbauer resonances to date. Our solid-state, monolithic platform establishes a new interface between nuclear transitions and high-frequency acoustics, with applications in γ-ray quantum optics and precision nuclear spectroscopy.
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