15.20.–e Quantum Optics: Experimental system

Anisotropic polarizability of erbium atoms

Date: 
2018-01-19
Author(s): 

J. H. Becher, S. Baier, K. Aikawa, M. Lepers, J.-F. Wyart, O. Dulieu, and F. Ferlaino

Reference: 

10.1103/PhysRevA.97.012509

We report on the determination of the dynamical polarizability of ultracold erbium atoms in the ground and in one excited state at three different wavelengths, which are particularly relevant for optical trapping. Our study combines experimental measurements of the light shift and theoretical calculations. In particular, our experimental approach allows us to isolate the different contributions to the polarizability, namely, the isotropic scalar and anisotropic tensor part.

Observation of the Roton Mode in a Dipolar Quantum Gas

Date: 
2017-05-19
Author(s): 

Lauriane Chomaz, Rick M. W. van Bijnen, Daniel Petter, Giulia Faraoni, Simon Baier, Jan Hendrik Becher, Manfred J. Mark, Falk Waechtler, Luis Santos, Francesca Ferlaino

Reference: 

arXiv:1705.06914

The concept of a roton, a special kind of elementary excitation, forming a minimum of energy at finite momentum, has been essential to understand the properties of superfluid

A high repetition rate experimental setup for quantum non-linear optics with cold Rydberg atoms

Date: 
2016-12-19
Author(s): 

Hannes Busche, Simon W. Ball, Paul Huillery

Reference: 

Eur. Phys. J. Special Topics 225, 2839-2861 (2016)

sing electromagnetically induced transparency and photon storage, the strong dipolar interactions between Rydberg atoms and the resulting dipole blockade can be mapped onto light fields to realise optical non-linearities and interactions at the single photon level. We report on the realisation of an experimental apparatus designed to study interactions between single photons stored as Rydberg excitations in optically trapped microscopic ensembles of ultracold 87Rb atoms.

Rydberg-induced optical nonlinearities from a cold atomic ensemble trapped inside a cavity

Date: 
2016-04-05
Author(s): 

R. Boddeda, I. Usmani, E. Bimbard, A. Grankin, A. Ourjoumtse, E. Brion & P. Grangier

Reference: 

J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 49, 084005 (2016)

We experimentally characterize the optical nonlinear response of a cold atomic medium placed inside an optical cavity, and excited to Rydberg states. The excitation to S and D Rydberg levels is carried out via a two-photon transition in an electromagnetically induced transparency configuration, with a weak (red) probe beam on the lower transition, and a strong (blue) coupling beam on the upper transition. The observed optical nonlinearities induced by S states for the probe beam can be explained using a semi-classical model with van der Waals' interactions.

Inelastic Photon Scattering via the Intracavity Rydberg Blockade

Date: 
2016-12-16
Author(s): 

A. Grankin, E. Brion, R. Boddeda, S. Ćuk, I. Usmani, A. Ourjoumtsev & P. Grangier

Reference: 

Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 253602 (2016)

Electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) in a ladder system involving a Rydberg level is known to yield giant optical nonlinearities for the probe field, even in the few-photon regime. This enhancement is due to the strong dipole-dipole interactions between Rydberg atoms and the resulting excitation blockade phenomenon. In order to study such highly correlated media, ad hoc models or low-excitation assumptions are generally used to tackle their dynamical response to optical fields.

Quantum-optical nonlinearities induced by Rydberg-Rydberg interactions: A perturbative approach

Date: 
2015-10-29
Author(s): 

A. Grankin, E. Brion, E. Bimbard, R. Boddeda, I. Usmani, A. Ourjoumtsev & P. Grangier

Reference: 

Phys. Rev. A 92, 043841 (2015)

In this article, we theoretically study the quantum statistical properties of the light transmitted through or reflected from an optical cavity, filled by an atomic medium with strong optical nonlinearity induced by Rydberg-Rydberg van der Waals interactions. Atoms are driven on a two-photon transition from their ground state to a Rydberg level via an intermediate state by the combination of a weak signal field and a strong control beam.

Optical hyperpolarization of C-13 nuclear spins in nanodiamond ensembles

Date: 
2015-11-18
Author(s): 

Chen, Q; Schwarz, I; Jelezko, F; Retzker; Plenio, MB

Reference: 

PHYSICAL REVIEW B, Volume: 92, Issue: 18, Article Number: 184420 (2015)

Electron–phonon processes of the silicon-vacancy centre in diamond

Date: 
2015-04-08
Author(s): 

Kay D Jahnke, Alp Sipahigil, Jan M Binder, Marcus W Doherty, Mathias Metsch, Lachlan J Rogers, Neil B Manson, Mikhail D Lukin and Fedor Jelezko

Reference: 

New Journal of Physics, Volume 17, April 2015

Multiple intrinsically identical single-photon emitters in the solid state

Date: 
2014-08-27
Author(s): 

L.J. Rogers, K.D. Jahnke, T. Teraji, L. Marseglia, C. Müller, B. Naydenov, H. Schauffert, C. Kranz, J. Isoya, L.P. McGuinness & F. Jelezko

Reference: 

Nature Communications 5, Article number: 4739 (2014)

Isotopically varying spectral features of silicon-vacancy in diamond

Date: 
2014-11-11
Author(s): 

Andreas Dietrich, Kay D Jahnke, Jan M Binder, Tokuyuki Teraji, Junichi Isoya, Lachlan J Rogers and Fedor Jelezko

Reference: 

New J. Phys. 16 113019 (2014)

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