Accurate density measurement of a cold Rydberg gas via non collisional two-body transitions

We experimentally demonstrate an original method to measure very accurately the density of a frozen Rydberg gas. It is based on the use of adiabatic transitions induced by the long-range dipole–dipole interaction in pairs of nearest-neighbor Rydberg atoms by sweeping an electric field with time. The...

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Published in:	New Journal of Physics
Main Authors:	Anne Cournol, Jacques Robert, Pierre Pillet, Nicolas Vanhaecke
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Subjects:	Rydberg atoms dipole–dipole interaction Landau–Zener transition density measurement
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aad214