Light storage and control of photon-photon interactions in a cold Rydberg gas

The effect of strong interatomic interactions on an optical field stored in Rydberg states of a cold atomic gas is investigated. Due to their large dipole moments Rydberg atoms interact very strongly with each other. The strength of these interactions can be significant over length scales of several...

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Main Author: Maxwell, Daniel Thomas
Published: Durham University 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.578219