Experimental investigations of dipole–dipole interactions between a few Rydberg atoms

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Date: 
2016-06-30
Author(s): 

Antoine Browaeys, Daniel Barredo & Thierry Lahaye

Reference: 

J. Phys. B 49, 152001 (2016)

This review summarizes experimental works performed over the last decade by several groups on the manipulation of a few individual interacting Rydberg atoms. These studies establish arrays of single Rydberg atoms as a promising platform for quantum-state engineering, with potential applications to quantum metrology, quantum simulation and quantum information.