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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Main Authors: Anne Cournol, Jacques Robert, Pierre Pillet, Nicolas Vanhaecke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/aad214