Wireless network control of interacting Rydberg atoms
Abstract
We identify a relation between the dynamics of ultracold Rydberg gases in which atoms experience a strong dipole blockade and spontaneous emission, and a stochastic process that models certain wireless random-access networks. We then transfer insights and techniques initially developed for these wireless networks to the realm of Rydberg gases, and explain how the Rydberg gas can be driven into crystal formations using our understanding of wireless networks. Finally, we propose a method to determine Rabi frequencies (laser intensities) such that particles in the Rydberg gas are excited with specified target excitation probabilities, providing control over mixed-state populations.
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Cite
@article{arxiv.1312.3464,
title = {Wireless network control of interacting Rydberg atoms},
author = {Jaron Sanders and Rick van Bijnen and Edgar Vredenbregt and Servaas Kokkelmans},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.3464},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
6 pages, 7 figures; includes corrections and improvements from the peer-review process