Cooperative Optical Non-Linearity in a Blockaded Rydberg Ensemble

Buch | Hardcover
XIV, 158 Seiten
2012 | 2012
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-29711-3 (ISBN)
53,49 inkl. MwSt
This thesis describes the first demonstration of a cooperative optical non-linearity based on Rydberg excitation. Whereas in conventional non-linear optics the non-linearity arises directly from the interaction between light and matter, in a cooperative process it is mediated by dipole-dipole interactions between light-induced excitations. For excitation to high Rydberg states where the electron is only weakly bound, the dipole-dipole interactions are extremely large and long range, enabling an enormous enhancement of the non-linear effect. Consequently, cooperative non-linear optics using Rydberg excitations opens a new era for quantum optics enabling large single photon non-linearity to be accessible in free space for the first time. The thesis describes the theoretical underpinnings of the non- linear effect, the pioneering experimental results and implications for experiments in the single photon regime.

Rydberg Atoms.- Rydberg Atom Interactions.- Atom-Light Interactions.- Cooperative Phenomena.- Experiment Setup.- Results.- Photon Blockade.- Progress Towards a Single Blockade Sphere.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 17.5.2012
Reihe/Serie Springer Theses
Zusatzinfo XIV, 158 p.
Verlagsort Berlin
Sprache englisch
Maße 155 x 235 mm
Gewicht 384 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Optik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Quantenphysik
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Theoretische Physik
Schlagworte Cooperative Optical Phenomena • Electromagnetically induced transparency • Long Range Dipole-Dipole Interactions and Blockade • Optical Bloch Equations for Interacting Three Leve • Optical Bloch Equations for Interacting Three Level Atoms • Optical Probing of Atomic Ensembles • Photon Blockade • Rydberg Atom Quantum Optics • Single Photon Non-linearity
ISBN-10 3-642-29711-0 / 3642297110
ISBN-13 978-3-642-29711-3 / 9783642297113
Zustand Neuware
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