Nonlinear quantum optics mediated by Rydberg interactions

Firstenberg, Ofer; Adams, Charles; Hofferberth, Sebastian

doi:10.1088/0953-4075/49/15/152003

Nonlinear quantum optics mediated by Rydberg interactions

Firstenberg, Ofer; Adams, Charles; Hofferberth, Sebastian

Authors

Ofer Firstenberg

Professor Stuart Adams c.s.adams@durham.ac.uk
Professor

Sebastian Hofferberth

Abstract

By mapping the strong interaction between Rydberg excitations in ultra-cold atomic ensembles onto single photons via electromagnetically induced transparency, it is now possible to realize a medium which exhibits a strong optical nonlinearity at the level of individual photons. We review the theoretical concepts and the experimental state-of-the-art of this exciting new field, and discuss first applications in the field of all-optical quantum information processing.

Citation

Firstenberg, O., Adams, C., & Hofferberth, S. (2016). Nonlinear quantum optics mediated by Rydberg interactions. Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, 49(15), Article 152003. https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/49/15/152003

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	May 20, 2016
Online Publication Date	Jun 30, 2016
Publication Date	Aug 14, 2016
Deposit Date	May 20, 2016
Publicly Available Date	Aug 9, 2016
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	49
Issue	15
Article Number	152003
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-4075/49/15/152003

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