From coherent collective excitation to Rydberg blockade on an atom chip
Atomic Physics
2019-01-09 v2
Abstract
Using time-resolved measurements, we demonstrate coherent collective Rydberg excitation crossing over into Rydberg blockade in a dense and ultracold gas trapped at a distance of 100 m from a room-temperature atom chip. We perform Ramsey-type measurements to characterize the coherence. The experimental data are in good agreement with numerical results from a master equation using a mean-field approximation, and with results from a super-atom-based Hamiltonian. These results represent significant progress in exploring a strongly interacting driven Rydberg gas on an atom chip.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1810.04532,
title = {From coherent collective excitation to Rydberg blockade on an atom chip},
author = {Julius de Hond and Rick van Bijnen and S. J. J. M. F. Kokkelmans and R. J. C. Spreeuw and H. B. van Linden van den Heuvell and N. J. van Druten},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.04532},
year = {2019}
}
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6 pages, 3 figures