Cooperative atom-light interaction in a blockaded Rydberg ensemble

J. D. Pritchard, D. Maxwell, A. Gauguet, K. J. Weatherill, M. P. A. Jones, C. S. Adams

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Abstract

By coupling a probe transition to a Rydberg state using electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) we map the strong dipole-dipole interactions onto an optical field. We characterize the resulting cooperative optical nonlinearity as a function of probe strength and density. We demonstrate good quantitative agreement between the experiment and an N-atom cooperative model for N=3 atoms per blockade sphere and the n=60 Rydberg state. The measured linewidth of the EIT resonance places an upper limit on the dephasing rate of the blockade spheres of <110kHz.
LanguageEnglish
Article number193603
Number of pages4
JournalPhysical Review Letters
Volume105
Issue number19
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Nov 2010

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Keywords

  • atom-light interaction
  • Rydberg state
  • electromagnetically induced transparency

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Pritchard, J. D., Maxwell, D., Gauguet, A., Weatherill, K. J., Jones, M. P. A., & Adams, C. S. (2010). Cooperative atom-light interaction in a blockaded Rydberg ensemble. Physical Review Letters, 105(19), [193603]. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.193603
Pritchard, J. D. ; Maxwell, D. ; Gauguet, A. ; Weatherill, K. J. ; Jones, M. P. A. ; Adams, C. S. / Cooperative atom-light interaction in a blockaded Rydberg ensemble. In: Physical Review Letters. 2010 ; Vol. 105, No. 19.
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Pritchard, JD, Maxwell, D, Gauguet, A, Weatherill, KJ, Jones, MPA & Adams, CS 2010, 'Cooperative atom-light interaction in a blockaded Rydberg ensemble' Physical Review Letters, vol. 105, no. 19, 193603. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.193603

Cooperative atom-light interaction in a blockaded Rydberg ensemble. / Pritchard, J. D.; Maxwell, D.; Gauguet, A.; Weatherill, K. J.; Jones, M. P. A.; Adams, C. S.

In: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 105, No. 19, 193603, 05.11.2010.

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Pritchard JD, Maxwell D, Gauguet A, Weatherill KJ, Jones MPA, Adams CS. Cooperative atom-light interaction in a blockaded Rydberg ensemble. Physical Review Letters. 2010 Nov 5;105(19). 193603. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.105.193603

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