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Observation of interference effects via four-photon excitation of highly excited Rydberg states in thermal cesium vapor

Kondo, J.M.; Šibalić, N.; Guttridge, A.; Wade, C.G.; De Melo, N.R.; Adams, C.S.; Weatherill, K.J.

Authors

J.M. Kondo

N. Šibalić

A. Guttridge

C.G. Wade

N.R. De Melo

C.S. Adams



Abstract

We report on the observation of electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) and absorption (EIA) of highly excited Rydberg states in thermal Cs vapor using a four-step excitation scheme. The advantage of this four-step scheme is that the final transition to the Rydberg state has a large dipole moment and one can achieve similar Rabi frequencies to two- or three-step excitation schemes using two orders of magnitude less laser power. This scheme enables new applications such as dephasing free Rydberg excitation. The observed lineshapes are in good agreement with simulations based on multilevel optical Bloch equations.

Citation

Kondo, J., Šibalić, N., Guttridge, A., Wade, C., De Melo, N., Adams, C., & Weatherill, K. (2015). Observation of interference effects via four-photon excitation of highly excited Rydberg states in thermal cesium vapor. Optics Letters, 40(23), 5570-5573. https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.40.005570

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 2, 2015
Publication Date Dec 1, 2015
Deposit Date Nov 20, 2015
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal Optics Letters
Print ISSN 0146-9592
Electronic ISSN 1539-4794
Publisher Optica
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 40
Issue 23
Pages 5570-5573
DOI https://doi.org/10.1364/ol.40.005570
Related Public URLs http://arxiv.org/abs/1510.01729

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