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Electro-optic control of atom-light interactions using Rydberg dark-state polaritons

Bason, M.G.; Mohapatra, A.K.; Weatherill, K.J.; Adams, C.S

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M.G. Bason

A.K. Mohapatra



Abstract

We demonstrate a multiphoton Rydberg dark resonance where a Λ system is coupled to a Rydberg state. This N-type level scheme combines the ability to slow and store light pulses associated with long-lived ground-state superpositions with the strongly interacting character of Rydberg states. For the nd5/2 Rydberg state in 87Rb (with n=26 or 44) and a beam size of 1 mm, we observe a resonance linewidth of less than 100 kHz in a room-temperature atomic ensemble limited by transit-time broadening. The resonance is switchable with an electric field of order 1 V cm−1. Applications in electro-optic switching and photonic phase gates are discussed.

Citation

Bason, M., Mohapatra, A., Weatherill, K., & Adams, C. (2008). Electro-optic control of atom-light interactions using Rydberg dark-state polaritons. Physical Review A, 77(3), https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.77.032305

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Mar 1, 2008
Deposit Date Sep 24, 2010
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Physical Review A
Print ISSN 1050-2947
Electronic ISSN 1094-1622
Publisher American Physical Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 77
Issue 3
DOI https://doi.org/10.1103/physreva.77.032305
Publisher URL http://pra.aps.org/abstract/PRA/v77/i3/e032305

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