Cooperative Optical Non-Linearity in a Blockaded Rydberg Ensemble
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Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-44305-3 (ISBN)
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-44305-3 (ISBN)
This book reviews the first demonstration of a cooperative optical non-linearity based on Rydberg excitation. Covers theoretical aspects of the non-linear effect, pioneering experimental results and implications for experiments in the single photon regime.
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.
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 | 11.6.2014 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Springer Theses |
| Zusatzinfo | XIV, 158 p. |
| Verlagsort | Berlin |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Gewicht | 272 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 | 3-642-44305-2 / 3642443052 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-642-44305-3 / 9783642443053 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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