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Spectroscopy of a cold strontium Rydberg gas

Millen, J.; Lochead, G.; Corbett, G.R.; Potvliege, R.M.; Jones, M.P.A.

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Authors

J. Millen

G. Lochead

G.R. Corbett



Abstract

We present a study of a cold strontium Rydberg gas. The narrowband laser excitation of Rydberg states in the range n = 20–80 from a 6 mK cloud of strontium atoms is detected using the spontaneous ionization of the Rydberg atoms. Using a high-resolution step-scanning technique, we perform detailed measurements of the Stark maps of selected Rydberg states. We find excellent agreement between the measured Stark maps and a numerical calculation based on an independent electron model. Finally we show that excitation of the second valence electron can be used to probe the dynamics of the Rydberg gas with nanosecond temporal resolution via autoionization.

Citation

Millen, J., Lochead, G., Corbett, G., Potvliege, R., & Jones, M. (2011). Spectroscopy of a cold strontium Rydberg gas. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 44(18), Article 184001. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/44/18/184001

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Jan 1, 2011
Deposit Date Nov 7, 2011
Publicly Available Date Apr 24, 2013
Journal Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Print ISSN 0953-4075
Electronic ISSN 1361-6455
Publisher IOP Publishing
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 44
Issue 18
Article Number 184001
DOI https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/44/18/184001

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