Single atom Rydberg excitation in a small dipole trap

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 25, 2009, Pages 22898-22905

  Zuo, Zhanchun ^a   Fukusen, Miho ^a   Tamaki, Yoshihito ^a   Watanabe, Tomoki ^a   Nakagawa, Yusuke ^a   Nakagawa, Ken'Ichi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; RYDBERG STATES;

DIPOLE TRAPS; HIGH MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOOPTICAL TRAPS; OPTICAL DIPOLE TRAPS; RUBIDIUM ATOMS; RYDBERG EXCITATION; SINGLE ATOMS;

EXCITED STATES;

RUBIDIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MAGNETISM; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAGNETICS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RUBIDIUM;

EID: 72049102424     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.022898     Document Type: Article

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