Intracavity Rydberg atom electromagnetically induced transparency using a high finesse optical cavity
Abstract
We present an experimental study of cavity assisted Rydberg atom electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) using a high-finesse optical cavity (). Rydberg atoms are excited via a two-photon transition in a ladder-type EIT configuration. A three-peak structure of the cavity transmission spectrum is observed when Rydberg EIT is generated inside the cavity. The two symmetrically spaced side peaks are caused by bright-state polaritons, while the central peak corresponds to a dark-state polariton. Anti-crossing phenomenon and the effects of mirror adsorbate electric fields are studied under different experimental conditions. We determine a lower bound on the coherence time for the system of s, most likely limited by laser dephasing. The cavity-Rydberg EIT system can be useful for single photon generation using the Rydberg blockade effect, studying many-body physics, and generating novel quantum states amongst many other applications.
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@article{arxiv.1707.02911,
title = {Intracavity Rydberg atom electromagnetically induced transparency using a high finesse optical cavity},
author = {Jiteng Sheng and Yuanxi Chao and Santosh Kumar and Haoquan Fan and Jonathon Sedlacek and James P. Shaffer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1707.02911},
year = {2017}
}
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8 pages, 7 figures