Dipole blockade in a cold Rydberg atomic sample [Invited]

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Comparat, Daniel ^a   Pillet, Pierre ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC BEAMS; DIPOLE MOMENT; ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; LASER EXCITATION; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM ENTANGLEMENT; RYDBERG STATES; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

ATOMIC SAMPLE; B-Y IONS; BLOCKADE EFFECT; COLD RYDBERG ATOMS; COOPERATIVITY; DIPOLE DIPOLE INTERACTIONS; PENNING IONIZATION; QUANTUM BITS; QUANTUM ENGINEERING; QUANTUM GATES; RYDBERG; RYDBERG ATOMS; RYDBERG EXCITATION; ULTRACOLD PLASMAS; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

ATOMS;

EID: 77954855436     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.27.00A208     Document Type: Article

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