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Tretyakov DB, Beterov II, Yakshina EA, Entin VM, Ryabtsev II, Cheinet P, Pillet P. Observation of the Borromean Three-Body Förster Resonances for Three Interacting Rb Rydberg Atoms. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2017; 119:173402. [PMID: 29219438 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.119.173402] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Three-body Förster resonances at long-range interactions of Rydberg atoms were first predicted and observed in Cs Rydberg atoms by Faoro et al. [Nat. Commun. 6, 8173 (2015)NCAOBW2041-172310.1038/ncomms9173]. In these resonances, one of the atoms carries away an energy excess preventing the two-body resonance, leading thus to a Borromean type of Förster energy transfer. But they were in fact observed as the average signal for the large number of atoms N≫1. In this Letter, we report on the first experimental observation of the three-body Förster resonances 3×nP_{3/2}(|M|)→nS_{1/2}+(n+1)S_{1/2}+nP_{3/2}(|M^{*}|) in a few Rb Rydberg atoms with n=36, 37. We have found here clear evidence that there is no signature of the three-body Förster resonance for exactly two interacting Rydberg atoms, while it is present for N=3-5 atoms. This demonstrates the assumption that three-body resonances can generalize to any Rydberg atom. As such resonance represents an effective three-body operator, it can be used to directly control the three-body interactions in quantum simulations and quantum information processing with Rydberg atoms.
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- D B Tretyakov
- Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State Technical University, 630073 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
- Novosibirsk State University, 630090 Novosibirsk, Russia
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- Laboratoire Aime Cotton, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, ENS Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France
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- Laboratoire Aime Cotton, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, ENS Paris-Saclay, 91405 Orsay, France
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Vogt T, Viteau M, Chotia A, Zhao J, Comparat D, Pillet P. Electric-field induced dipole blockade with Rydberg atoms. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2007; 99:073002. [PMID: 17930892 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.99.073002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/08/2007] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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High resolution laser Stark excitation of np (60<n<85) Rydberg states of ultracold cesium atoms shows an efficient blockade of the excitation attributed to long-range dipole-dipole interaction. The dipole blockade effect is observed as a quenching of the Rydberg excitation depending on the value of the dipole moment induced by the external electric field. Effects of ions which could match the dipole blockade effect are discussed in detail but are ruled out for our experimental conditions. Analytic and Monte Carlo simulations of the excitation of an ensemble of interacting Rydberg atoms agree with the experiments and indicate a major role of the nearest neighboring Rydberg atom.
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- Thibault Vogt
- Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Bâtiment 505, Campus d'Orsay, 91405 Orsay, France
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Vogt T, Viteau M, Zhao J, Chotia A, Comparat D, Pillet P. Dipole blockade at Förster resonances in high resolution laser excitation of Rydberg states of cesium atoms. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2006; 97:083003. [PMID: 17026300 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.97.083003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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High resolution laser excitation of np Rydberg states of cesium atoms shows a dipole blockade at Förster resonances corresponding to the resonant dipole-dipole energy transfer of the np+np --> ns+(n+1)s reaction. The dipole-dipole interaction can be tuned on and off by the Stark effect, and such a process, observed for relatively low n(25-41), is promising for quantum gate devices. Both Penning ionization and saturation in the laser excitation can limit the range of observation of the dipole blockade.
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- Thibault Vogt
- Laboratoire Aimé Cotton, CNRS, Bâtiment 505, Campus d'Orsay, 91405 Orsay, France.
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Zhang Y, Ciocca M, He L, Burkhardt CE, Leventhal JJ. Floquet spectroscopy of hydrogenic states: Classical and quantal descriptions. PHYSICAL REVIEW. A, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS 1994; 50:4608-4617. [PMID: 9911458 DOI: 10.1103/physreva.50.4608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Zhang Y, Ciocca M, He L, Burkhardt CE, Leventhal JJ. Measurement of atomic polarizabilities using Floquet spectroscopy. PHYSICAL REVIEW. A, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS 1994; 50:1101-1106. [PMID: 9910998 DOI: 10.1103/physreva.50.1101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Renn MJ, Thomson DS, Gallagher TF. Frequency evolution of radiatively assisted collisions of K Rydberg atoms. PHYSICAL REVIEW. A, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS 1994; 49:409-420. [PMID: 9910245 DOI: 10.1103/physreva.49.409] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Thomson DS, Renn MJ, Gallagher TF. Radiatively assisted collisions of K Rydberg atoms. PHYSICAL REVIEW. A, ATOMIC, MOLECULAR, AND OPTICAL PHYSICS 1992; 45:358-363. [PMID: 9906734 DOI: 10.1103/physreva.45.358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2023]
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Renn MJ, Gallagher TF. Ramsey interference fringes in radiatively assisted collisions of K Rydberg atoms. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1991; 67:2287-2290. [PMID: 10044388 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.67.2287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Thomson DS, Renn MJ, Gallagher TF. Transform-limited collisions of K Rydberg atoms. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 1990; 65:3273-3276. [PMID: 10042827 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.65.3273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Fu P, Newman JD, Thomson DS, Gallagher TF. Scaling of radiative collisions between Rydberg atoms. PHYSICAL REVIEW. A, GENERAL PHYSICS 1989; 40:2745-2748. [PMID: 9902463 DOI: 10.1103/physreva.40.2745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Stoneman RC, Thomson DS, Gallagher TF. Microwave multiphoton transitions between Rydberg states of potassium. PHYSICAL REVIEW. A, GENERAL PHYSICS 1988; 37:1527-1540. [PMID: 9899827 DOI: 10.1103/physreva.37.1527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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