Coherent excitation of Rydberg atoms in micrometre-sized atomic vapour cells

Nature Photonics

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-116

  Kubler H ^a   Shaffer, J P ^a,b   Baluktsian, T ^a   Low R ^a   Pfau, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENCE TIME; COHERENT CONTROL; COHERENT EXCITATIONS; QUANTUM DEVICE; QUANTUM NUMBERS; RYDBERG ATOMS; SINGLE-PHOTON SOURCE; ULTRACOLD ATOMS;

ATOMIC BEAMS; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE SOURCES; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; VAPORS;

RYDBERG STATES;

EID: 76449088403     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2009.260     Document Type: Article

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